June/Jul y 2008

VOLUME 11

NUMBER 4

On the Cover:
Peyote Sunburst
by Jennifer VanBenschoten, page 32

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Nice Rock!
by Dustin Wedekind,
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Beadwork Master Class:

Develop Beadwork Fluency Carol Cypher
An expert in peyote stitch shows how to create a
versatile beaded pillow bead and offers twelve ways to
expand your peyote-stitch repertoire

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A samba for your wrist combines tubular

and circular peyote stitches with an explosion of color
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Deliciously Diagonal Beaded Bead Jessica Beels

An easy-to-make, croissant-shaped beaded-bead pendant born
from tubular peyote stitch

Beadwork Larger than Life: The Art of

Sherry Markovitz Marlene Blessing
Seed bead sculpture as a psychological container

Confetti Spiral Marilyn T. Aronson

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Simply Triangular Jo Ellen Lee

A charming and very wearable bracelet of bead crochet

projects
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Earth and Sky Marcia DeCoster

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Luminous Ruffles Lilian Chen

A bold wireworked necklace of lustrous onyx beads and keishi pearls

Going Bananas Lynn Davy

Team three peyote stitches, tubular herringbone stitch, and bright yellow
accent beads for a necklace with tropical flare

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Brilliant Chain Kelli Burns

Combining chain mail and right-angle-weave,
this necklace makes a glittering statement
Dragonflys Garden Necklace
by Julia Watt

Pearl Chandelier Cecilia Guastaferro

Fine necklace made of wireworked links create a
delicate cascade of freshwater pearls

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Sea Nymph Kathleen Lynam

A mlange of shells and pearls embroidered on a fiber rope forms an
oceanic necklace

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A fabulous and inventive zigzag herringbone-stitched

bracelet of bugle and seed beads
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Wear this treasure chest of imagination, knotted ribbon,

and wireworked charms and beads as a bracelet or a
necklace

Beautiful Bargello Tina Koyama

Birdsong Necklace Amber Traeden

Strung colored stones, knotting, and wirework combine to create an air of
summer

Time and Tide Kristal Wick

Using ladder, brick, and right-angle-weave stitches,

this necklace of ornate bead caps and stones melds
the colors of nature
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Nice Rock! Dustin Wedekind

Square-stitch a cigar band base ring and top it
with a boisterous gem

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A waterfall necklace of brilliant jungle colors excerpted from the new book
The Beaders Color Palette

Peyote Sunburst Jennifer VanBenschoten

A necklace of fresh peyote-stitched flowers with
circular-brick-stitched pearl centers

Rain Forest Cascade Necklace Margie Deeb

departments

Color-Play Cuffs Dana E. Freed

4 Passing Through

A right-angle-weave trellis with woven square-stitched

strips creates an imaginative wrist ornament

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8 Project Contributors

Coral Beach Paula-Ray Mandl

11 Bead Biz Viki Lareau

A vibrant vintage-inspired necklace of spiral-stitched

seed, fire-polished, and pressed-glass beads

13 Seeds Dustin Wedekind

Earth and Sky

by Marcia DeCoster, page 40

Bonus Projects!
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15 Fast & Fabulous

16 Cool Stuff
90 The Challenge
110 Techniques
112 Bead Buzz

Navy and Pearls Necklace

by Barbara Richard