Jane Davis - Bracelets, Buttons & Brooches: 20 Projects Using Innovative Beading Techniques

bracelets, buttons & brooches

by Jane Davis

2007 Jane Davis
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ISBN 13: 978-0-89689-581-2
ISBN 10: 89689-581-5
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Cover designed by Katrina Newby
Book Interior designed by Connie Biggar
Edited by Terri Dougherty

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acknowledgments

This book has been a lot of fun to make. As always, I just wish I had more time to tryout more ideas and spend time on variations for each project.

All the people at Krause Publications have been a joy to work with. Thank you toSusan Sliwicki for your help at the beginning stages of this project. Thank you toTerri Dougherty for your work at the editing stage. Your careful eye has broughtthis book together. A big thank you goes out to Candy Wiza at Krause Publicationsfor saying yes to this idea, for being supportive and interested in my work, and forall the extra editing work you have done to get this book completed. Additionalthanks to Katrina Newby, who designed the cover, Connie Biggar for the interiorlayout of the book, and CaroleTripp of Creative Castle inNewbury Park, California, forall your ideas and support, andespecially for your friendship.

Finally, Id like to thank myfamily for their understandingof deadlines and support ofmy many passions in arts andcrafts. I couldnt do what I dowithout you.

table of contents

Buttons into Bracelets
Mint and Cream Pearl Bracelet

Buttons into Brooches
Cream Floral Swirl

introduction

I have always been inspired by beautifulbeaded-bezel cabochon beadwork, with itsrich texture, smoothly polished stones andintricate beaded stitches. It also appeals tome to take something that wasnt meant tobe a bead and incorporate it into a beadedpiece by surrounding it with smaller beads tohold it in place. But bezel-encased stones arenot the only thing that can be incorporatedinto beadwork. There are beautiful fusedglass cabochons and an incredible varietyof buttons, from modern to antiques toreproductions. Polymer clay that you buyor form yourself has an incredible range ofbead-bezel-able possibilities. Also, largerbeads that may have a hole in the wrongdirection for your project, or that you justwant to surround with smaller beads in yourdesign, are great elements to add to yourbeadwork.

This book focuses on these aspects ofbeadwork, confining them to bracelets,buttons and brooches, all of which lendthemselves to wonderful ways to makebead encasements. Ive also tried to add afew interesting ideas on giving the projectsa little something extra, such as a tiny photoshining through a transparent section of afused glass cabochon, or a brooch with afavorite woodland scene hidden behind theface of a forest spirit.

Many of the projects in this book are forintermediate to advanced beaders, thoughsome, such as the stickpins on page 94,are easy projects that beginning beaderscan accomplish. And although there are nopendants or earring projects in the book,on page 27, I show you how to adapt thedesigns into other types of jewelry. I alsosuggest ideas at the beginning of manyprojects. My hope is that this book will bea useful source of projects and techniquesfor beading around objects and will be usedboth for making the projects and for creatingunique creations of your own design.

Jane Davis

chapter one
basics

Here is a basic reference of the tools, materials and techniques youwill need to complete the projects in this book. Some of the items andtechniques listed are common to most areas of beadwork, while othersare unique to beading around larger objects and/or making bracelets,buttons and brooches.

tools & supplies

Following are descriptions of the tools and suppliesyou will need. Some of the projects in this book requirespecific supplies, such as the two-holed beads and BlueMoon buttons in the elastic-banded bracelet on page 70,or the five-holed spacers for the Egyptian bracelet onpage 44. Other projects, such as the keepsake brooch on