Creating Crystal Jewelry with Swarovski: 65 Sparkling Designs with Crystal Beads and Stones
November 4, 2008
Elegant, old-world jewelry with modern style.
Working with world-famous Swarovski crystal beads, author Laura McCabe creates luminous necklaces, earrings, pendants, and rings for beaders of every skill level. The author provides complete step-by-step instruction for 20 projects (10 for beginners) — and presents 45 more in a photo gallery of design variations, teaching readers how to vary colors and shapes to create custom effects. All 65 designs are made with only three simple beadwork techniques: flat peyote stitch, tubular peyote stitch, and spiral rope. Laura McCabe also provides a chapter on making decorative embellishments, such as bezels, picots, berry clusters, and branch fringe. The concise instructions are illustrated with easy-to-follow illustrations.
- Beaders of any skill level can create their own high-end, boutique-style jewelry
- Goes beyond stringing to teach readers three basic beadweaving techniques and principles of design
- Only book on market endorsed by the world?s leading manufacturer of cut-crystal beads
Customer Review: COLOR! Glorious COLOR!
WOW! Beautiful photographs of the projects, and variations of them, depicted in countless inspiring color combinations. Closeups are large enough that you can make out the colors of individual crystals and seed beads, yet the entire piece is visable.
Though I had already purchased the patterns for the Crown Jewel and the Geodesic Dome together(and paid more than this entire book costs), no dissapointment here…there are still plenty of other patterns to thrill, including the mouth-watering Vineyard Jewel Necklace.
I have not read any of the written instructions, but the instructional graphics are beautifully done and couldn’t be more clear. Some of the most valuable instructions for me are: ending a spiral rope, attaching a spiral neck strap to another componant, and how to continue a spiral rope through a focal bead.
An amazing book for a great price! A MUST have!
Customer Review: BRILLIANT IN EVERY WAY!
I ordered two copies, knowing this would be a great book. Upon it’s arrival I ordered 10 more. This book is truly an honor and privlege to own. IT is GORGEOUS!
Lauras instructions and kits and now this book shine with her talent for design and impeccable taste in color. She is able to convey complex designs in simple terms. The instructions are very easy to follow. The photographs are inspiring and capture not only the beauty of Laura’s work but, the crystals themselves. The graphics are clear and concise.
For those of you who might fear these projects are daunting, fear no more. I have been a customer of Lauras for quite sometime now and can tell you first hand that I have completed all the projects in this book and a few others ( perhaps she’ll share in a second book) These wondrous works of art are do-able. All you need are the materials and the time.
