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Glass Bead Artistry: Over 200 Playful Designs (Ondori S)

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I bought this book because it is the best among the other bead art books. I actually discovered this book from the library and decided to borrow it and eventually purchased it online. Some designs are easy to do but those 3-d designs are quite complicated.Overall, i gave it 4 stars because i managed to create some really nice accessories for a first-timer like myself and the designs are more unique that normal bead art books. Recommended for those who are really into bead art and must be very patient cos it is time consuming!

Not content to make only jewelry from beads? Want to start your own bead zoo? Or sprinkle your garden with bead insects? Or plant your garden with bead vegetables and flowers? This book is chockablock full of cute little critters, zodiac signs, itty-bitty purses for your dollies, and space ships for a beaded trip to the stars.

Although the diagrams call for Toho seed beads, a Girl Scout troop project might try using big pony beads instead for a larger and less-painstaking result.

Japanese beadwork or bead artistry is the art of making pictures or sculptures from small glass beads (seed beads) that have been threaded on to wire, which is then bent and twisted into shape. In this book, instructions are given as to how to make a variety of such sculptures, including story book characters (Little Red Riding Hood, Thumbelina, Peter Pan, Puss in Boots, etc), cars and planes, insects, kitchen items, sea creatures, dress-up dolls, doll house furniture, zoo animals, and assorted pieces of jewellery. The instructions are very simple to follow (in each case, a color illustration showing the layout of the beads is given) and color photographs of the different items are provided throughout.

"Glass Bead Artistry" is the first of three books on Japanese beadwork published by Ondori (the other two being Basic Beadwork for Beginners and The World of Beads) and is my favourite of the three. The projects in this book are the cutest of those in the three books and there is a nice mixture of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional projects. All three of these books, however, are excellent, and if this book appeals to you, I recommend that you buy all three.

Note that the items in these book are simple enough for children to make, but are so cute that adults would want to make them (I'm 27 and I'm a big fan of these books) too.

This book brought back memories from my childhood when I used to make glass bead dolls, bugs, and animals in Japan. There are so many patterns, I don't know where to begin.

This great Ondori published book includes more patterns than you could possibly make in a month of Sundays. There are both "flat" designs and 3-D designs. Some favorites from this book are: the Thumbelina pages (13 patterns), the Bees, Bugs and Butterflies pages (7 patterns) and The Zoo Pages (13 patterns). In addition, there are 3 pages of patterns for simple neclaces, earrings, and hair decorations. The directions are well-written and easy to follow.