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Summary: A must for bead lovers!
Review: This book renewed my love for beads. The beautiful photos and illistrations would inspire anyone to create a work of art. I liked the wide range of projects to choose from, amulet bags, jewelry, photo frames, bookmarks and many more! If you love beads, you will love this book.
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Summary: A taste, but not a feast
Review: Tired of amulet bags? This book does not contain a single one. Instead there are needle-cases,a necklace depicting elephants, and teeny-tiny cups and loaves of bread. Maybe a bit precious, but certainly not run-off-the-mill. But a word to all authors and editors of beadwork: Photographs (and, similarly, scans) of size 11 beads printed at 100% are too small for a beader to understand what's going on. And when the beads and thread are both dark, it's futile to try to understand the thread path. If you want a book for inspiration, this one is nice. If you want a book for instruction, go to one of the lovely books that has clear diagrams, Carol Wilcox Wells's books, for example.
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