Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

Inspired by art history, artist Lisa Kan offers a truly unique jewelry collection with a romantic yet modern sensibility. Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs features seventeen step-by-step designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, and Art Nouveau eras reinterpreted in her distinctive contemporary style. Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lampwork, buttons, and modern components, Lisa’s jewelry brings a feminine mystique and sophistication to beadwork design.

Each project builds on simple elements to create sophisticated designs and incorporate off-loom seed bead weaving, stringing, and wirework. Projects include a scalloped chain necklace, pearl Ndebele earrings and bracelet set, mesh pearl bracelet, bohemian drop earrings, a Victorian diamond cuff, and more. Novice beaders can progress through projects and increase their skills and beading confidence while advanced beaders will find exciting new challenges. Included are Lisa’s expert design and technique tips and tricks along with detailed instruction and illustrations for every project. Lisa also gives information on finding special vintage beads and components to give your jewelry that romantic quality plus ways to make modern components look vintage. Beaders will love seeing projects worked in a variety of colorways to provide ideas for endless customization.

Create elegant, feminine, and romantic heirloom-quality jewelry with Bead Romantique.

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Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

Inspired by art history, artist Lisa Kan offers a truly unique jewelry collection with a romantic yet modern sensibility. Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs features seventeen step-by-step designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, and Art Nouveau eras reinterpreted in her distinctive contemporary style. Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lampwork, buttons, and modern components, Lisa’s jewelry brings a feminine mystique and sophistication to beadwork design.

Each project builds on simple elements to create sophisticated designs and incorporate off-loom seed bead weaving, stringing, and wirework. Projects include a scalloped chain necklace, pearl Ndebele earrings and bracelet set, mesh pearl bracelet, bohemian drop earrings, a Victorian diamond cuff, and more. Novice beaders can progress through projects and increase their skills and beading confidence while advanced beaders will find exciting new challenges. Included are Lisa’s expert design and technique tips and tricks along with detailed instruction and illustrations for every project. Lisa also gives information on finding special vintage beads and components to give your jewelry that romantic quality plus ways to make modern components look vintage. Beaders will love seeing projects worked in a variety of colorways to provide ideas for endless customization.

Create elegant, feminine, and romantic heirloom-quality jewelry with Bead Romantique.

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Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

by Lisa Kan
Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs

by Lisa Kan

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Inspired by art history, artist Lisa Kan offers a truly unique jewelry collection with a romantic yet modern sensibility. Bead Romantique: Elegant Beadweaving Designs features seventeen step-by-step designs inspired by the Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, and Art Nouveau eras reinterpreted in her distinctive contemporary style. Emphasizing a mix of vintage findings, beads, lampwork, buttons, and modern components, Lisa’s jewelry brings a feminine mystique and sophistication to beadwork design.

Each project builds on simple elements to create sophisticated designs and incorporate off-loom seed bead weaving, stringing, and wirework. Projects include a scalloped chain necklace, pearl Ndebele earrings and bracelet set, mesh pearl bracelet, bohemian drop earrings, a Victorian diamond cuff, and more. Novice beaders can progress through projects and increase their skills and beading confidence while advanced beaders will find exciting new challenges. Included are Lisa’s expert design and technique tips and tricks along with detailed instruction and illustrations for every project. Lisa also gives information on finding special vintage beads and components to give your jewelry that romantic quality plus ways to make modern components look vintage. Beaders will love seeing projects worked in a variety of colorways to provide ideas for endless customization.

Create elegant, feminine, and romantic heirloom-quality jewelry with Bead Romantique.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620332641
Publisher: F+W Media
Publication date: 03/15/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 9 MB

About the Author

Lisa Kan is a lampwork bead artist and jewelry designer whose designs have been published in Bead Style, Bead Unique, Beadwork, and Stringing magazines. Her lampwork has been featured in 1000 Glass Beads, The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking, and More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Glass Beadmaking. She has also been a featured designer and written articles for softflexcompany.com. She lives in San Marino, California.

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