Bead Jewelry 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction
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Packed with photos—a complete bead jewelry course in a book, with thirty easy projects!
Written for the absolute beginner, Bead Jewelry 101 is filled with thorough instructions and step-by-step photographs that expertly guide you through the basics of making bead jewelry. Authors Ann and Karen Mitchell are a dynamic team of jewelry designers who will teach you all about the tools and materials while showing you how to use them.
After a visual glossary that familiarizes you with various materials you'll be working with, project chapters are organized by different jewelry parts, called findings, so you will learn new techniques and build new skills with every piece of jewelry you create. You'll discover thirty easy projects, and variations of the projects will give you great ideas and lead you in unlimited new directions as you learn to design your own jewelry. Learn to make bead jewelry in just a few hours and enjoy the rewards for a lifetime with Bead Jewelry 101!
Written for the absolute beginner, Bead Jewelry 101 is filled with thorough instructions and step-by-step photographs that expertly guide you through the basics of making bead jewelry. Authors Ann and Karen Mitchell are a dynamic team of jewelry designers who will teach you all about the tools and materials while showing you how to use them.
After a visual glossary that familiarizes you with various materials you'll be working with, project chapters are organized by different jewelry parts, called findings, so you will learn new techniques and build new skills with every piece of jewelry you create. You'll discover thirty easy projects, and variations of the projects will give you great ideas and lead you in unlimited new directions as you learn to design your own jewelry. Learn to make bead jewelry in just a few hours and enjoy the rewards for a lifetime with Bead Jewelry 101!
- Title: Bead Jewelry 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction
- Authors: Karen Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
- Series: Look, Learn & Create
- Publisher: Creative Publishing international
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 665
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781610581493, 9781589234512, 1589234510, 1610581490
- Resource ID: LLS:9781610581493
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T10:10:20Z
Sisters Ann Mitchell and Karen Mitchell started their mixed media jewelry business, AnKara Designs, in 1991, based in Altadena, California. In addition to authoring jewelry making books, the Mitchell sisters are teachers, columnists, and craft product designers. The duo has also made numerous guest appearances on various crafting shows, including DIY Jewelry Making (YouTube) and Craft Lab (HGTV). The delicate, feminine style of their jewelry designs and their innovative ideas have appeared in feature films, television, theater, museum exhibitions, advertisements, websites, books, and magazines. http://www.ankaradesigns.com
Ann Mitchell is part of a dynamic sister team with Karen Mitchell, with a costume jewelry company called AnKara Designs based in Altadena, California. Ann and Karen make and sell jewelry and teach jewelry making classes nationwide. They also contribute articles on jewelry making to several magazines and participate in many noted arts and crafts shows annually. www.ankaradesigns.com
Ann Mitchell is part of a dynamic sister team with Karen Mitchell, with a costume jewelry company called AnKara Designs based in Altadena, California. Ann and Karen make and sell jewelry and teach jewelry making classes nationwide. They also contribute articles on jewelry making to several magazines and participate in many noted arts and crafts shows annually. www.ankaradesigns.com