Big & Bold

Make a statement with big and bold jewelry. These projects from the pages of BeadStyle magazine feature prominent pendants, chunky beads, and other strong focal pieces in necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

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Author: From BeadStyle magazine
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 96 pages; 300 color photos; ISBN: 9780871162861

From the editors of BeadStyle magazine.

Introduction 4
Materials and tools 5
Basics 7

BIG Beads

Pattern play 10
Carved beads in muted colors create an earthy
multistrand necklace
Bold and beautiful 12
Dangles swing from a coiled cuff
Outback wood beads 14
Wooden beads and hemp are a natural match
Wrapped attention 16
Highlight a flat bead with a wire edge
Berries and bubbly 18
String a necklace and bracelet of richly colored
Venetian beads
Rainforest reinforcement 20
Hand-polished beads gleam in a coiled bracelet
Big bold briolettes 22
Cluster wide drops at your throat for a stunning collar
A stretch above the rest 24
Slide on a tailored, elastic bracelet
Tubes and cubes 25
Brightly colored furnace glass earrings dance
The nature of things 26
Combine slices of turquoise with coral discs and textured silver for an asymmetrical necklace and bracelet
Double bubble 29
Two art-glass beads pop when strung on a solitary cord
Everyday elegance 30
Large beads are spaced between lengths of chain to balance
an extra-long necklace
Flower field bracelet 32
Double-drilled beads are strung together in a great cuff

BOLD Components

Classic trio 36
Showcase an amber pendant on a braided pearl-and-
gemstone necklace
Go bohemian 38
Jeweled earrings make for fast fashion
Lily original 40
An art bead blossoms in a silk cord necklace
Cosmic rings bracelet 43
Use uncommon crystals in a distinctive bracelet-and-earrings set
Combine charms in mixed-metal earrings 46
Parallel charm sizes create balanced earrings
Shell game 48
Combine leather and abalone shells in an unusual necklace and bracelet
String a bold pendant 52
Carnelian and silver combine in a powerful necklace
Clasp distinction 54
A fabulous closure becomes the centerpiece for a
multistrand cuff
Bright as a feather 56
Vivid blues and greens take flight in a bold feather necklace
Living large 58
Look like a leading lady in a powerfully feminine necklace and earrings
Seed bead beauty 60
Multiple strands of seed beads take shape in an
elegant necklace

BIG & BOLD Effects

A nine-strand necklace is a bead banquet 64
Prepare a feast of pearls with a multistrand necklace
and drop earrings
Coiled collar 68
Challenge yourself to form this elaborate collar
Big bangle theory 71
Gumball-sized pearls star in a fabulous bracelet
and earrings
Shell harmony 74
Natural beads intertwine in a graceful necklace, bracelet,
and earring set
Chrysoprase cuff 78
A coiled strand of chrysoprase makes a cheery bracelet
Raining style 80
Make super-long earrings with cascading pearls
and crystals
Substantial style with a twist 83
Multiple gemstone and pearl strands create a lush look
Twisted cuffs 86
Use wire to big effect
String a sophisticated fringe 88
Gather strands of seed beads into a lariat and earrings
Sea charms 92
A necklace and earrings overflow with a glorious array
of pearls, crystals, and gemstones

Contributors 95

This gorgeous book, with the gorgeous cover, is intended to teach people from beginners on up how to create lovely, eye catching, jewelry pieces. All of the designs originally came from different copies of BeadStyle Magazine. If you started reading the magazine recently you will be anxious to view some of the tutorials and projects you may have missed, as it is an excellent top notch designer magazine.
By chance, I started my career learning from BeadStyle, and waiting anxiously for BeadStyle, to come in the mail, and although I like to tease them in emails, they all know I love them. Whenever I get a project into BeadStyle it makes me very happy!
Here is an excerpt from the book: it is my design however I only made the one on the left (denim blue) and then they duplicated it to make the pistachio one on the right. They also made one which is multi colored and really pretty. It looks like Fiestaware. Melanie of Earthenwood Studio made the beads used: double drilled porcelain. Go to her store and be dazzled by her imagination.
To me, she pretty much started the craze for steampunk and knows everything about it.
The good thing about Big and Bold is that it displays large (in some way or form) and pretty jewelry which you can make for all sorts of tastes and price points. If you like it, you CAN make it. You will NOT get confused. You will get hooked, instead. You will enjoy yourself. I assure you there will be something in this book which you will want to make. I saw an amethyst briolette bracelet which I love. I want to make it at first glance!
http://prettykittydogmoonjewelry.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-and-bold-book-of-jewelry-designs-by.html
-Jean Yates

Make dramatic, big, eye-catching jewelry with Big & Bold: How to Make Dramatic Beaded Jewelry. Projects here come from the pages of BeadStyle magazine and offer over thirty projects with step-by-step directions, photos, and coverage of all the tools and techniques for beginners. Any crafter's collection or general library strong in easy jewelry-making handbooks needs this.
-The Midwest Book Review