Beaded Jewelry: Wirework Techniques

Show your style with handcrafted jewelry. Beaded Jewelry: Wirework Techniques has all the tips and tricks you need to make your own professional-looking jewelry using wirework techniques. Step-by-step instructions teach you how to select the best wire and tools for your project, while clear illustrations show you exactly how to bend, twist, and shape your way to beautiful loops, hoops, and head pins. You ll soon be designing and creating unique and personal earrings, bracelets, and pendants.

Carson Eddy is the owner of The Boston Bead Company, with stores in Cambridge and Salem, Massachusetts. The Boston Bead Company offers an extensive calendar of classes and in-store demonstrations and maintains an online resource center, beadOpedia.Co-author Rachael Evans has been a bead buyer, manager, and jewelry designer at The Boston Bead Company over the course of 12 years.Co-author Kate Feld has worked as store manager and is currently the staff designer of The Boston Bead Company.

EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Design and create stunning handcrafted wirework jewelry using every type of wire imaginable. Carson Eddy, Rachael Evans, and Kate Feld, longtime bead professionals, introduce the many metals, gauges, shapes, and finishes available to jewelry makers and explain how to choose the best wire for your project. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations describe the techniques you need to craft unique earrings, bracelets, and necklaces -- from making basic ear wires to wrapping a briolette for a pretty pendant.

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