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Have you never made jewelry before but always wanted to try? Use Linda Jones' Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry to spice up your jewelry box with 35 tried-and-true recipes for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more.

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Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry
35 Fabulous Designs

Author: Linda Jones
Pages: 128
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Publisher: Interweave Press
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Have you never made jewelry before but always wanted to try? Then spice up your jewelry box with these 35 tried-and-true recipes for creating colorful bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and more using wire and beads. Make the jewelry you love! Have you ever admired a piece of wire jewelry and wished you could make it? Now you can! With only some beads, a spool of wire, and a few simple tools you can start your own collection of fabulous jewelry. Begin with the wireworking basics then dive into designs like flamboyant rings and chokers, vibrantly colored broaches, and delicate chains and accessories for a more classic look. You'll also find lots of variations using different colors and beads for extra pizzazz.

Perfect for beginners, projects are set up like recipes with material lists and step-by-step instructions, and the hip, bold designs are great inspiration for those already experienced in the craft. Making Colorful Wire & Beaded Jewelry will have you twisting, spiraling, and wrapping your way to original, stylish designs in no time.

About the Author

Linda Jones is the author of Creative Wire and Beaded Jewelry: Over 35 Beautiful Projects Using Wire and Beads. She trained as a jeweler at London's Metropolitan University and now teaches wire jewelry workshops. She lives in England.

Table of Contents

Introduction
6
Beaded cross
72
Chapter 1: Tools and Techniques
8
Chapter 5: Seasonal Styles
76
Tools
10
Springtime spiral necklace
78
Materials
12
Summer seashell necklace
82
Basic Techniques
14
Falling leaves necklace
86
Chapter 2: Rings and Things
20
Winter Frost necklace
90
Squiggle ring
22
Chapter 6: Charm Designs
94
Framed-bead key ring
26
Hieroglyphic charm necklace
96
Curly-wurly brooch
30
Belly dancer's bracelet
100
Scarf ring
34
Cascade ring
102
Chapter 3: Decorative Chain Making
38
Bead charm necklace
104
Bubble-chain bracelet
40
Chapter 7: Classic Jewelry
108
Eyeglasses chain
44
Indian spice necklace
110
Looped bead earrings
47
Far Eastern promise
114
Stick-twist chain
50
African dream
118
Daisy chain bracelet
54
Aztec tree of life necklace
122
Chapter 4: Chokers and Necklaces
58
Glossary
126
Spiral choker
60
Suppliers
126
Vintage choker
64
Index
128
Waterfall chain necklace
68
Acknowledgments
128

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