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Beading In The Native American Tradition
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Price: $24.95
Item #:
02BD1
ISBN: 1-931499-03-9
160 pages
Dimensions: 9 X 10
Learn beadwork techniques passed down from generations of Native Americans in this complete history of native beadwork from artist David Dean of Choctaw descent. Full color photographs illustrate the rich art of Native American beadwork in this comprehensive techniques book. Clear and concise directions show how to produce beadwork in the Native American tradition, including lane stitch, loom, applique, gourd stitch, and Comanche brickwork. Color images show spectacular historical pieces from the Charles Eagle Plume Collection as well as the best of contemporary pieces by today's talented artists. A thirty-four page appendix provides a complete notebook of patterns on graph paper to use in your own beadwork.