American Indian Beadwork (Beadwork Books)

Rating:
Summary: Ke Egli
Review: Good Bead paterns alot of pictures of beadwork from 1800's (5 stars) for the detailed information in this book!

Rating:
Summary: A great source for Native American designs.
Review: I have read and used this book many, many times. When I was just starting to bead, this book was a wealth of patterns and colors for me. And that was a long time ago. I believe it was written with children in mind, but if you want to see Native American beadwork designs, and the traditional colors that were used, this is the book.

Rating:
Summary: Really dated source
Review: Published during the 1950s, the author's stereotyped attitudes towards native peoples is all to readily apparent, including the names he gives some of the stitches. Some of the pictures are very painful, taken together with the narrative.

This is NOT a lost art here, people, & there are Native artists producing both traditional & contemporary beadwork that easily rivals the work of our grandparents.

There are much better, more contemporary sources available now. This is ok only as a curiosity from an earlier decade.

Rating:
Summary: Really dated source
Review: Published during the 1950s, the author's stereotyped attitudes towards native peoples is all to readily apparent, including the names he gives some of the stitches. Some of the pictures are very painful, taken together with the narrative.

This is NOT a lost art here, people, & there are Native artists producing both traditional & contemporary beadwork that easily rivals the work of our grandparents.

There are much better, more contemporary sources available now. This is ok only as a curiosity from an earlier decade.