Beverly Ash Gilbert

Beading Across America: Jewelry Inspiration from Coast to Coast

Seed bead and bead weaving artists from across the U.S. have created a huge collaborative jewelry project about how where they live shapes their work. The compilation of each artisan’s jewelry statement about place yields a beading reflection of the vast American landscape. Readers can mix these geographic influences into their personal cultural fusion to help define their own work as artists. At the same time, all these artisans have much to: Every project has instruction about how it was created. This rich, expansive title introduces new and diverse styles of beadwork to beginning, intermediate, and advanced beaders.