Basic Beadwork for Beginners

Rating:
Summary: Not for Beginners
Review: Despite the title, this is not an easy book. I bought it for my 10 year old daughter who is quite 'crafty', and enjoys making things with beads. While she hasn't yet attempted any of the projects, most of them appear quite complex, with minimal instructions provided. We'll see if it's actually as hard as it looks.

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Summary: Fanciful Beaded Projects
Review: If you've already done projects in Beadlings (Julie Collings) or Geckos & other Animals (Drew Wilkens), then this wonderful book is the next logical step. The projects in Basic Beadwork for Beginners are rather fanciful, with fairies, costumed bears and bunnies, and characters from the Wizard of Oz.

Instructions are well laid out and diagramed and are easy to follow. I do think that maybe the projects are a bit more advanced than the title suggests and a wide variety of beads is required.

All in all, this is a great book with projects not seen elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: Fanciful Beaded Projects
Review: If you've already done projects in Beadlings (Julie Collings) or Geckos & other Animals (Drew Wilkens), then this wonderful book is the next logical step. The projects in Basic Beadwork for Beginners are rather fanciful, with fairies, costumed bears and bunnies, and characters from the Wizard of Oz.

Instructions are well laid out and diagramed and are easy to follow. I do think that maybe the projects are a bit more advanced than the title suggests and a wide variety of beads is required.

All in all, this is a great book with projects not seen elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: More cuteness
Review: Now that you've built some 3-D skills using the projects in Ondori's Glass Bead Artistry, move on to more complex projects in this book. There are bunnies with pearl drop ears, bears in costumes and elephants for your bead circus, bead fish for your aquarium (no fish food or water filtration system required). Other theme items include Christmas, the Japanese doll festival, and the Asian New Year.

As with other Ondori books, the detailed instructions are via diagrams and not script.

Rating:
Summary: More cuteness
Review: Now that you've built some 3-D skills using the projects in Ondori's Glass Bead Artistry, move on to more complex projects in this book. There are bunnies with pearl drop ears, bears in costumes and elephants for your bead circus, bead fish for your aquarium (no fish food or water filtration system required). Other theme items include Christmas, the Japanese doll festival, and the Asian New Year.

As with other Ondori books, the detailed instructions are via diagrams and not script.