Laura McCabe’s Embellished Beadweaving: Jewelry Lavished with Fringe, Fronds, Lacework & More
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- ISBN13: 9781600595141
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Laura McCabe makes elaborate beaded embellishments which she combines into stunning jewelry. These graceful forms are also ideal for embellishing garments or fiber artworks. Her definitive guide to weaving and embroidering with beads is the third volume in the bestselling Beadweaving Master Class series. Combining traditional techniques with modern materials, and showcasing a wide variety of bead types, it offers 18 luxurious pieces of jewelry incorporating motifs drawn from the natural world, such as flora and fauna, art nouveau designs, and geometric forms. With its truly spectacular illustrations, this is a feast of inspiration for crafters in all fiber media.
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I like most of Laura’s beadwork(not into the eyeballs) and her crystal book, but if you are already familiar with her body of work there is really nothing new here, even for eye candy. You can figure out the embellishing techniques by looking at the photos you’ve already seen.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
First – I usually like all of Laura McCabe’s ‘glitzy’ work. I’ve seen some of her additional works but didn’t expect this book to be more ‘goth’ than anything else.
In my opinion, this is NOT a “Masterclass” book. The designs in here should have been publish as a separate “Laura” book and not part of the Masterclass series. I didn’t find anything out of the ordinary and am very disappointed in it. (In comparison to the first two Masterclass books.) Overall, it’s a ‘pretty’ book.
I pre-ordered this book last year because of the prior work of the designer having high expectations – I don’t reflect I’ll do that again. The only saving grace is that Amazon’s prices is less than the actual sell fee. My suggestion is to browse through the book first somewhere before you buy.
I really can’t give it anything privileged than a 1 star.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
WOW…my first thought looking through this book. There are gorgeous projects in the last section of this book, but what drew me in are the individual components and the possibilities. I just received the book last night; I’m sure I’ll go through it many times for thoughts.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Laura McCabe is one of my favorite beading instructors, and I’ve been keenly awaiting the publication of her new book, which I pre-ordered a few months ago. Her new book was certainly worth the wait! It has eighteen lovely projects in it, and each one teaches you new skills.
This book differs from her first book in that that first one all ears on using Swarovski crystals in all of the projects. This second book of McCabe’s doesn’t have that “bling bling” factor her first book had, but each piece is truly lovely. The pieces are slightly more subdued since they don’t use Swarovski crystals reasonably as much, and as a replacement for focus more on using pearls (especially keshis), magatamas, and seed beads.
The book is broken down into several main sections:
* 1: Beads through History
* 2: Basic Beading Kit (goes over supplies that every beader needs)
* 3: Basic Stitches and Techniques
* 4: A Comprehensive Guide to Embellishments
* 5: Approaching Color and Design
* 6: The Projects
* Gallery of projects (by several additional beaders, not just Mc Cabe)
The first five sections total 53 pages, and they do a really nice job of covering background, design principles, and techniques. I was pleasantly surprised to see so much space devoted to these vital fundamentals. There is a bit of overlap with her first book in some of the stitches covered (such as Ndebele and basic spiral rope), but the embellishments section is completely new and unique, and it covers many unique embellishments, which is an area that McCabe really excels in.
As another reviewer pointed out, the embellishments section is just wonderful. Nearly all of the designs are very natural/organic in scenery, with designs like sea forms, berry clusters, and various petals.
The patterns/instructions themselves are also very clear and are broken down reasonably a bit. There aren’t as many illustrations as there are in Rachel Nelson-Smith’s new book, but the instructions are so clear that the lack of wide facts/illustrations shouldn’t be a problem. Also, there are plenty of illustrations and photos in the embellishments section, so it should be simple to flip back to that part of the book while effective on a piece.
As for the actual projects, I was pleased to see that there were instructions for some of the newer pieces that I’d seen on McCabe’s website, such as Keshi Pearl Necklace (the take in piece), Dahlia Necklace, A Well-Kept Secret, and April Showers Necklace.
I also like how this new series by Lark is all in hardback format. It makes beading from a book so much simpler if the book lies nice and straight while you’re effective.
As for the target audience of the book, I would say that it is designed more for intermediate and advanced beaders. There are a few earring and ring projects that an advanced beginner might attempt, but you’d probably want to be pretty comfortable reading patterns.
As of writing this review (5/1/10), Amazon doesn’t have the “Look Inside” feature available for this book, but, as with all beading books, I usually recommend trying to look at some of the projects before purchasing to make sure that the style of the projects appeal to you. Hopefully Amazon will enable the “Look Inside” feature soon! If you like the necklace on the take in of the book, you’ll most likely find that the projects inside are pretty similar in design aesthetic.
Pleased beading!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
First, I must qualify that I’m a right die-hard Laura McCabe fan. As a beginner to low-intermediate beader, I had the incredible excellent chance to be able to take her Keshi Pearl Necklace class a year or two ago. I learned so much in that one class that I have been hooked for excellent on beading, and when I concluded that necklace I certainly improved my skills to a privileged level. Don’t be worried to try something new and more challenging – that’s how we get better.
I reflect Laura has wonderful talent, skills, and knowledge. She’s also very excellent at writing explanations and training. She inspires me to attempt new things and to ‘reflect out of the box’. If you make one of her designs, you will certainly get notice when others see it!
Even if you don’t want to make/wear personally some of the pieces in this book, the skills you learn studying these techniques can be applied to additional beading projects you attempt. Besides the techniques and projects, I especially like seeing how she looks at things around her to get thoughts and colors. And even though I’ve already been dabbling at beading for several years and have concluded many of her projects, I still learned some new techniques in this book. The instructions for the various components can be generalized to fit your own projects and thoughts. And, of course, the gallery of works from additional master artists was wonderful!
Like some of the additional reviewers, I’d say this is generally intermediate to advanced level. But don’t let that scare you – it’s a wonderful book.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5