Polymer Clay Beads
Techniques, Projects, Inspiration

Grant Diffendaffer

 

 

In this skill-building, authoritative guide, you'll learn more than 20 methods for making and decorating beads that will have you looking at polymer clay in an entirely new light. The author who has been working with this material for more than a decade, shares his varied processes and unique beads with you. Beautiful color photographs illustrate the projects in progress as well as in finished pieces of jewelry.

The projects will teach you how to blend colors, add interesting textures to smooth surfaces, and form unusual shapes. You'll also learn how to use the lathe, carving implements, and other tools to accomplish a variety of effects. Crafters, artists, and jewelers will all be able to build new skills, work with a highly adaptable material, and achieve striking results.

144 pages. Hardbound. © 2008.
ISBN: 9781600590245.

Order Number: CB2680. Price: $24.95


 
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