Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads: Stringing Instructions and Techniques

Learn how to string beautiful jewelry using glass beads, pearls, and semiprecious stones with this all-in-one bead directory and design guide.

• Featuring more than 75 projects from a selection of international designers.
• Foolproof rules for design success every time for bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and brooches.
• Discover how to select the right beads for every project using the bead directory, which lists the most common stones by color and describes characteristics and applications of each.
• The directory makes it easy to compare basic facts, typical colors, cost, suitable stringing companions, and more.
• Projects are cross-referenced to the relevant technique.
• Each project includes beautiful photography, step-by-step instructions, a shopping list of all the main components, and a unique easy-to-follow stringing diagram.
• Techniques described include stringing, knotting, wireworking, crimping, and using wire and metal findings, clasps, and fastenings.

Whatever your skill or interest level, you'll find something beneficial and inspiring in Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads.

Kim Gover is a jewelry maker who runs her own lampworking studio. Her favorite materials are semiprecious gemstones paired with sterling silver and crystals. Kim sells her designs at craft fairs, private parties, and online. She lives in London.