Celebrate the amazing evolution of beadwork from a simple craft to expressive art. Every stunning sculpture, vessel, figure, loomed and woven work, free-form installation, and piece of jewelry shown here in glorious color photos is gallery-quality and thoroughly unique. Jennifer Maestre’s intricate, swooping pencil-point bead sculptures explore form, motion, and space. A. Kimberlin Blackburn has fashioned lush Hawaiian Island scenes out of glass beads and hand-carved wood. The ever-innovative David K. Chatt has entries ranging from the pointed commentary, White Men in Suits, to vivid jewelry. For a little humor, try Valeria Harlow’s masterful Toe Mangler, a testament to every woman who has ever suffered in uncomfortable shoes. This amazing collection is truly state-of-the-art.
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"If you are jewelry designer – and especially if your preferred medium is beads – you need this book for your library. It will be a treat for your imagination." –BellaOnline
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you can stand the waves of inspiration and delight, this is an absolute must-have addition to your beading library. Even non-beaders who appreciate seeing an incredibly broad range of well-executed and innovatively designed art will enjoy this book. Unlike another reviewer (whose "retread" remark surprised me), I felt this book had a huge selection of previously unpublished material -- and I have every issue of B&B and Beadwork and a lot of bead books, so I've seen a lot. I found the quality of work represented to be very high, and the range of uses for this medium to be delightfully astounding. This book is a true wealth of inspiration and beaded soul food!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Czarina
Format:Paperback
I can't tell you how enjoyable this book is. With very, very few missteps (one or two beaders just don't belong in this book), it's a feast for ravenous eyes that satiates all beady hunger and leaves one in a state of bliss.
I've been beading since the Sixties, I'm good at it (more than one person has told me my work belongs in this book), and I am so, SO happy I own this lovely tome. You will be too. I've learned from looking, I've absorbed from seeing the works inside it, and I know it's enriched me in ways I will never even be aware of. Buy it! Now!
I've been beading since the Sixties, I'm good at it (more than one person has told me my work belongs in this book), and I am so, SO happy I own this lovely tome. You will be too. I've learned from looking, I've absorbed from seeing the works inside it, and I know it's enriched me in ways I will never even be aware of. Buy it! Now!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Debbie Zan
Format:Paperback
This book was purchased as a Christmas gift for my daughter, an accomplished beader. The book is for inspiration more than anything, because it is full of fantastic projects done by a variety of bead artisans. It is eye candy for beaders of all levels.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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HUGE volume of beaded works
I love it. It is what the title is 500 beaded objects, so diverse and creative. Very inspiring for a beader.
Published 3 months ago by Nancy Erickson Dutmer
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I <heart> this series!
If you've ever read any of my other reviews, you know I'm a hard-core fan of the 500 series books. (And the 1000, 400, 300, etc. series, too. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ScotDeerie
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Inspiration and a Visual Delight
I am an avid beadier and I found this book to be full of delightful projects. It had a variety of techniques and designs that I have never thought possible. Read more
Published on December 7, 2009 by Skye Norton
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Feast for the eyes
this is one of my favorite books ever. It is a feast for the eyes to view the fabulous bead work shown in this book. Highly recommend!
Published on August 12, 2009 by Patty Miller
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WOW!
I just got the book and I cannot put it down. I wish I had found it earlier, but now that I have it, it is one of my all time favorite!! Read more
Published on November 8, 2008 by Charlene A. Oliva
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This is not a luxury item
I renewed the library's copy of 500 Beaded Objects so often that my library card was getting friction burns. Read more
Published on August 21, 2008 by Linda L. Jones
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Omigosh!
This is the most amazing book for anyone who is fascinated with beads, whether you actually work with them or not! Read more
Published on July 14, 2008 by K. Marotta
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Gorgeous inspiration photos on all aspects of bead art today
Wonderfully done, clear beautiful photos on every page of all kinds of beadart, arranged in a flowing manner, like items together moving fluidly through all genres of current bead... Read more
Published on February 22, 2008 by Rachel Murphree
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Remarkable Delights
A delightful book showing the range of these remarkable artists from whimsical figures to gorgeous necklaces to abstracted portraits ala Chuck Close. Read more
Published on February 6, 2008 by David Thierry
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The Best Bead Show in Town
This is truly a beautiful collection of "beadwork". Not only is it wonderfully diverse in the inspiration department, but the photographs are stellar, too. Read more
Published on September 22, 2007 by Roxanne Mccauley
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