Fiber & Bead Jewelry: Beautiful Designs to Make & Wear
For these very original jewelry designs, Banes draws on her  lifelong interest in found objects and ethnic ornaments. Her  book has photos of many of her bead and fiber necklaces, with  diagrammed patterns for the woven fiber parts. This off-loom  needle weaving is worked over pins on a foam board in a  technique similar to pillow lacemaking. The result is a woven  pendant incorporating beads and having a large ethnic ornament  as a focal point. This unique approach to jewelry design belongs  in art as well as advanced crafts collections.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.