Glass Jewelry: Beads

Instructions in steps.

Videorecording

2009 juried project in partnership with Bead & Button Magazine. "The mission in creating this opportunity and challenge ... was to showcase how handmade glass beads can be incorporated into wearable works of art. Search https://rakow.cmog.org for additional ISGB catalogs and publications

Summary: "Once beaders have mastered the basics and enjoyed bringing others' patterns to life, they're ready and eager to take the next step: creating their own original pieces. Here, finally, is their must-have guidebook to the fundamental principles of visual design. Focusing on jewelry, it helps beaders explore concepts such as unity, scale, proportion, balance, rhythm, volume, shape, pattern, texture, movement, drape, and color in their work. Exercises, reader challenges, and lavish photos enhance understanding and assure design success"

Europe: Late Roman to the Renaissance, pp. 65-78; Prayer beads, pp. 79-92; The Age of European Expansion, pp. 101-117. "Although beads were not greatly coveted by Europeans after the Renaissance, European glassmakers...mass-produced huge quantities of beads which were carried by explorers and traders to non-European peoples around the globe." See also other chapters relating to trade beads and 20th century beads. Good bibliography.