Beading with Cabochons: Simple Techniques for Beautiful Jewelry
With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons—a flat piece of rock or mineral—and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch, ruffled, or scalloped edges, or add...
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With this gloriously photographed and illustrated manual at hand, beaders can create awe-inspiring jewelry. It's the only current, comprehensive guide to working with cabochons--a flat piece of rock or mineral--and it covers all the basics, along with a range of new creative techniques and hot trends. Find out which tools and materials to use, which beads work best, and how to wrap them round the stones. Craft turned, pointed, twisted, brick stitch, ruffled, or scalloped edges, or add decorative fringe. For something dramatic, combine more than one cabochon in a single piece. Or, instead of natural stone, use dichroic glass or other found objects. Make a glittering brooch, funky bracelets, a wearable art necklace, and other showstoppers. Library Journal The flat-backed, domed cabochon is a mainstay product of lapidary work, the cutting and polishing of semiprecious stones. Beaded cabochons are mounted in a circle of stitched beads instead of the usual metal bezel mounting. Although basic cabochon beading is covered in other books, this book is the first to contain step-by-step jewelry projects based exclusively on the many variations of cabochon work. Beading teacher Eakin includes many of her own original techniques. The designs are all beautiful and have a dramatic neo-Victorian look. Highly recommended for public library craft collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Introduction6Chapter 1Materials and Tools8Chapter 2Basic Cabochon Beading15Chapter 3Edge Stitches23Chapter 4Attachment Methods46Chapter 5Other Bezel Stitches60Chapter 6The Projects69Fringed Dichroic Glass Necklace70Oval Solitaire Rhodonite Bracelet74Noondrite Jasper Necklace77Sea Moss Ladder Bracelet80Double Cabochon Dangle Earrings84Leopardskin Jasper Necklace88Black Onyx Pin91Victorian Triple Cabochon Bracelet93Southwest Spirit Necklace96Fringed Tiger-Eye Cabochon Earrings99Crazy Lace Agate Pin102Chapter 7Creating Your Own Designs104Gallery112AppendixAttaching Findings118Index to Stitches125A Note About Suppliers126
\ Library JournalThe flat-backed, domed cabochon is a mainstay product of lapidary work, the cutting and polishing of semiprecious stones. Beaded cabochons are mounted in a circle of stitched beads instead of the usual metal bezel mounting. Although basic cabochon beading is covered in other books, this book is the first to contain step-by-step jewelry projects based exclusively on the many variations of cabochon work. Beading teacher Eakin includes many of her own original techniques. The designs are all beautiful and have a dramatic neo-Victorian look. Highly recommended for public library craft collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\ \
