Jewelry Designs from Nature: Woodlands, Gardens, Sea: Art Bead Jewelry Designs Inspired by Nature

Heather Powers

Aug 2012 · Kalmbach Books

About this ebook

In Jewelry Designs from Nature, Heather Powers reveals her creative process and guides readers through 30 nature inspired bracelet, necklace and earring projects. Her designs feature her beads and the beads of other well-known artists. Simple techniques such as stringing, wirework and bead stitching are explained with clear step-by-step directions. Pieces are designed with simple techniques, chain, wire, findings, crystals, seed beads and art beads in standard sizes. Readers can recreate the pieces or choose their own beads to personalize projects. Heather Powers shows readers that there is a method behind using simple stringing and other basic jewelry-making techniques to produce jaw-dropping results.

About the author

Heather Powers is the artist well known for her beautiful polymer clay beads. Jewelry enthusiasts all over the world collect her signature beads. Heather’s work has been featured on television on HGTV's That's Clever, and her beads have been shown on PBS' Beads, Baubles and Jewels. Her work has also appeared in many books and magazines including BeadStyle, Step by Step Beads, Strings, Beads 2009, Simply Beads, Bead Trends and Beadwork. Heather is also the organizer and planner of the Bead Cruise and is the founder and editor of Art Bead Scene, an interactive blog that celebrates art beads and inspires those who use them.