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Author: Carol Blackburn
Publisher: Interweave Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

49 reviews
Sales Rank: 33519

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 8.6 x 0.5

ISBN: 1596680199
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.582
EAN: 9781596680197

Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Can't put this book down! March 14, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Received this book yesterday, and wanted to bring it to work today.
Fabulous photos and step by step instructions. Makes you feel like you can make anything you see. Just love it.

5 out of 5 stars

At last a book devoted to making polymer clay beads! March 10, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

It seems hard to believe that no one has come out with a book dedicated to making polymer clay beads, especially since beads are what attract many people to the medium. Carol Blackburn has written a comprehensive book covering the many techniques that are used in making beads. Her section on "faux techniques" is a blessing. It's nice to have all of those techniques in one book.The photography is lovely and the book inspires me to go back and use some of the techniques I have put on a back burner for a long time. I appreciate the attention paid to detail in this book.I am glad to add this book to my polymer clay library!

5 out of 5 stars

Every technique under the rainbow interpreted for clay beads February 28, 2007
32 out of 33 found this review helpful

This book is a compilation of MANY techniques I'd learned here and there over the years for making polymer clay, especially faux materials (wood, stone, leather, bone) and mokume-gane, which is a layered, irridescent technique that mimics layers of metal cut and polished. (Hard to describe, think cutting layers into the damascene metal like a Samurai sword's visible layers of steel to make a moire-patterned surface.)

Skinner blends, millefiori, mica, foil, inlay, stamping and surface impression are also covered. Nothing is handled in too much depth, but enough is given so that most of the techniques are accessible even to polymer clay beginners.

The examples of bead jewelry will take your breath away. I just wish there were more of them, as the artistry was exceptionally good.

If you want a one-stop shopping volume for making faux stone or materials, this book has a great sampling and very good tutorials. There were a number of techniques I hadn't seen before. In all, an exciting book for the polymer clay artist, and a great reference for faux materials, let alone the many shapes and styles of beads. A must-have for your beading library.

5 out of 5 stars

Finally!! Beads!! February 17, 2007
23 out of 24 found this review helpful

I love this book. I love all my polymer clay books, but usually most have many techniques that cover many different projects from vessels to figures. I always find useful information, but this book is EXACTLY what I've been wanting. I love beads and aside from a few cat figurines I've made with my 8 y.o. daughter, that's what I make. THANKS!! Ms. Blackburn. Love it, love it, love it!!!!

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