Bead Metamorphosis

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Beautiful bead-woven jewelry that is convertible, reversible, or interchangeable. Delight in a spectrum of 16 bead weaving projects in Bead Metamorphosis. Create beautiful bead-woven earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and broochesuall of which transform by disassembling, reassembling, reversing, or interchanging separate beadwork components. Author Lisa Kan is known for her elegant and feminine bead-woven jewelry design that often features leaves, faceted stones, and other romantic flourishes. Now she applies her trademark style to a jewelry collection featuring peyote, herringbone, right-angle weave, netting, and other bead stitches. See how beaded elements transform from simple to complex by changing the beadwork, changing the colors, or adding layered embellishments. Ideas and inspiration for multiple variations will lead to new metamorphoses, as you create stunning jewelry design with multiple looks.

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"Lisa is an imaginative beader who is not afraid in add material not commonly seen in beadwork... All in all, a delightful addition to any beading library, one which scores in both romantic elegance and wearability. Many of the designs are not too complex and therefore ideal for the time challenged!" --The Beading Jem's Journal

"It makes the mind spin to think of all the possibilities beyond the ones that Lisa shares." --Beading Arts

"If, like me, you are fascinated by the idea of mixing and matching and using components for different purposes, this is the book for you." --My World of Beads

Author Bio

Lisa Kan is an author, beadweaver, jewelry designer, and glass artist. Her focus is on creating elegant, wearable, multipurpose, reversible, and modular component beadwork designs. Lisa is the author of Bead Romantique (Interweave) and was a 2009 Beadwork Magazine Designer of the Year. Her designs have been published in numerous bead magazines.