Contemporary Bead Wire Jewelry

by Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott, Nathalie Mornu

Created by today's finest artisans, the pieces in this book all showcase the incredible diversity of interesting beads and wire types available today.

Genres: Crafts, Jewellery, Nonfiction, Beading

128 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2006

About the author

Suzanne Tourtillott was born in post-war Germany but lives and works, happily, in Asheville, North Carolina. After studying and then teaching fine art and commercial photography, she turned to writing arts journalism for periodicals and, ultimately, to writing and editing craft books. Suzanne has edited more than 50 titles in jewelry, ceramics, needle crafts--even poetry. Her business/Twitter is @editorious; see the site at http://editorious.org and tweets via #editorious. you can follow Suzanne's visual interests on Pinterest (pinning as username suzanne33).

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I checked this out from the library to look through for inspiration, and it definitely fulfilled that requirement. There's a great range of styles from many different makers. I wasn't so concerned with the directions as I have some experience with jewelry-making but I did notice that many pieces' step-by-steps were just one page long, probably not the best for beginners.

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[Jodi]

Got this at the Louisville Free Public Library's Friends of the Shively Branch semi-annual sale.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful ideas and photography, poor instructions.

[Katherine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the instructions difficult to follow and do not think this is the book for you if you have not yet mastered all the basic techniques.

[Lee Koopman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found lots of good projects in this book. Interesting designs and clear instructions. Own it

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful Jewelry to Make