Complete Beading for Beginners
Author Karen Rempel is taking a bead on the crafters market with her new book, Complete Beading for Beginners. The New Westminster writer switched directions after getting a degree in business from SFU when she went on to the Professional Writing Program at Douglas College. Rempel produced a full-colour prototype of the book before she approached any publishers and was accepted by the first one she took it to. "I wanted it to be clear enough for a 12-year-old to understand... The prime attraction in beading for me is to translate a creative vision into physical reality," she says of her many pieces of jewellery. The book is lavishly illustrated in black and white and colour, covering every aspect of the art from jewellery to beaded clothing and decorative items, findings and tools, to making your own beads from a variety of materials. --Royal City Record/Now 17 Jul 96Complete Beading for Beginners, by Karen Rempel, 160 pages, 40 color photographs. The author, a Vancouver resident, began beading at the age of 10. In addition to tools and materials, Rempel covers how to string your beads, illustrates projects to make such items as earrings, necklaces, rings and brooches, how to bead clothing and how to make a dream catcher. She discusses off-loom weaving and loom weaving and how to make your own beads. If you are planning to give this book as a present, why not visit a local bead shop and buy the materials for a simple beginner's project to get your special person started? It could become a lifetime passion, as it is for Rempel. --Vancouver Sun, 17 Dec 96If you're bead crazy, there's a new book available to help you design and make necklaces, earrings, bracelets, barrettes and even beaded clothes. Complete Beading for Beginners, by Karen Rempel, is full of pictures and diagrams and covers a variety of beading techniques. There are simple gift ideas as well as directions for making your own beads. The book also includes a complete listing of the tools and materials needed for beading projects. --Ottawa Citizen 18 Jul 96