Beads in Bloom: The Art of Making French Beaded Flowers (Beadwork How-To series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 128 pages
• Published by: Interweave Press April 1, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1931499063
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1931499064
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

From Booklist
Though the origins of French beaded flowers are not all that clear (after all, glass beads have been traced to Venice), Baker gives a more-than-adequate account of their fashioning. Delicate to look at and almost as difficult to shape and work, these faux bouquets, originally revived in the 1960s and 1970s, achieve new prominence in the millennium thanks to the emphasis on handcrafts and to a desire to spend less-than-antique sums of money. Illustrations accompany all of the complicated loops, whether single or multicrossover, yet close-up graphics would have clarified techniques even further. The author assumes some prior beading know-how on the part of the reader; details delivered on every aspect of beadwork, from tools and supplies to different ways of covering stems, are not attuned to rank novices. Barbara Jacobs
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Beadwrangler.com book reviews
"You can never have enough beaded wire flower books and [this] is a nice addition to your collection."

Reader Reviews
I thought that the structure of the book was very unbalanced. The instructions are nice, but they are all in the front part of the book, and are hand-drawn. Color photos of finished projects are in the second part of the book. I prefer a book that has step-by-step instructions included with each project. Also, not very many projects are included. I hate to say it, but I've seen better books on french beaded flowers. To be fair, there are some very nice arrangement that provide inspiration. Nice to look through, but I wouldn't recommend buying it to keep. Comment | | (Report this)