The Bead Directory: The Complete Guide to Choosing and Using More Than 600 Beautiful Beads

by Elise Mann

Book Overview

Beaders and other artisans have knowledge and ideas at their fingertips with this comprehensive reference to more than 600 individual beads that are readily available and appropriate for contemporary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596680024
• ISBN13: 9781596680029
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Interweave Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Eye Candy!

The Bead Directory by Elise Mann is an impressive book as a resource and for dreaming. It's spiral bound so it can lie flat, and each page has 3 different types of beads all neatly categorised by type, the descriptions are wonderful and there are color photographs. The sidebars have easy to read symbols which show the drilling direction, the shape, the weight, the price range and the numbers of beads to the inch. I found a lot of beads in it I've never seen and we've got some great local bead stores! Fortunately there is a resource list in the back of the book, along with some great tips for designing. It's a lovely book just to look at, and something that makes a great resource. I admit though, I kind of use it like a Wish Book, just for the eyecandy.

Delighted Beader

This book is a marvelous reference for beaders of all levels - beginners through advanced. As a novice, I find it extremely helpful in deciding shape, density and particularly cost of beads. Great photos and tables of explanation. Wonderful at-a-glance graphics run along the edge of each photograph indicating bead shape when stung and hole direction as well as looking straight at hole and hole position, relative weight for size on scale of 1 - 5, 5 being heaviest, relative cost on scale of 1 - 5, 5 being most expensive and ruler - how many beads on a thread 10 inches long. This is by far my most useful beading reference.

Best bead book ever

This is a fantastic reference book for any beader. It discusses the several types of beads, price range, versatility, etc. Must have. Janice

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