Marcia DeCoster's Beaded Opulence: Elegant Jewelry Projects with Right Angle Weave
This classic book in Lark Jewelry & Beading's Beadweaving Master Class series features two dozen spectacular jewelry designs from renowned master beading teacher Marcia DeCoster. DeCoster specializes in the popular right angle weave stitch, and she presents beaders with a comprehensive primer on her beautiful techniques. Readers will learn how to use the stitch to create fabulous effects—including a supple beaded fabric, beaded ropes, shaped curves, and embellished layers—in...
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The newest addition to the Beadweaving Master Class series features two dozen spectacular jewelry designs from renowned master beading teacher Marcia DeCoster.DeCoster specializes in the popular right angle weave stitch, and she presentsbeadweavers with a comprehensive primer on her beautiful techniques. Eager beaderswill learn how to use the stitch to create fabulous effects—including a supple beaded fabric, beaded ropes, shaped curves, and embellished layers—in stunning, modern jewelry designs. These pieces are nothing less than fine art! Praise for Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence:“Marcia DeCoster is one of the smartest, most elegant designers in the bead world today. Not only does she create sumptuous jewelry designs, her projects are deceivingly straightforward and fun to make.”—Jean Campbell, founding editor of Beadwork magazine“A great book with wonderful projects—these are the pieces that people will want to make to enrich both their right angle weave techniques and their jewelry boxes.”—Carol Wilcox Wells, author of Masters: Beadweaving and The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving“Marcia DeCoster launches contemporary seed beadweaving into sophisticated high fashion. . . . Follow her well-written instructions for these gorgeous projects, and your work will become the haute couture of beaded jewelry.”—Margie Deeb, author of The Beader’s Guide to Color and The Beader’s Color Palette“Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence delivers all that the title promises and more—beautiful, interesting jewelry projects, clear instructions, and true inspiration for beaders.”—Diane Fitzgerald, author of Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork
\ Praise for Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence:\ “Marcia DeCoster is one of the smartest, most elegant designers in the bead world today. Not only does she create sumptuous jewelry designs, her projects are deceivingly straightforward and fun to make.”—Jean Campbell, founding editor of Beadwork magazine\ “A great book with wonderful projects—these are the pieces that people will want to make to enrich both their right angle weave techniques and their jewelry boxes.”—Carol Wilcox Wells, author of Masters: Beadweaving and The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving\ “Marcia DeCoster launches contemporary seed beadweaving into sophisticated high fashion. . . . Follow her well-written instructions for these gorgeous projects, and your work will become the haute couture of beaded jewelry.”—Margie Deeb, author of The Beader’s Guide to Color and The Beader’s Color Palette\ “Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence delivers all that the title promises and more—beautiful, interesting jewelry projects, clear instructions, and true inspiration for beaders.”—Diane Fitzgerald, author of Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork\ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalThese two books feature jewelry projects using traditional beading stitches. Right-angle weave designs are based on a series of squares, while peyote stitch can be used to form several geometric shapes. Both DeCoster and Fitzgerald (Zulu Inspired Beadwork) use these in projects for fine costume jewelry. DeCoster's include ropes and mesh pieces. Fitzgerald's have small elements linked together. Uniformly good design characterizes both books.\ \
