Beading in the Native American Tradition will teach you beadwork techniques passed down from generations of Native Americans in this complete history of native beadwork from artist David Dean of Choctaw descent. Full colour photographs illustrate the rich art of Native American beadwork in this comprehensive techniques book. Clear and concise directions show how to produce beadwork in the Native American tradition, including lane stitch, loom, appliqué, gourd stitch, and Comanche brickwork. Excellent colour images show spectacular pieces from the Charles Eagle Plume Collection. A thirty-four page appendix provides a complete notebook of patterns on graph paper to use in your own beadwork.
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Beading on a Loom starts with a history of loom work as well as covering basic tools and techniques. This is an excellent book for the loom worker who has done all the basic, straight forward designs and who want to go further with the beadloom. The book covers techniques like increasing and decreasing, refer to the picture on the cover, as well as fringing, weaving triangles, using different size beads together and how to correct mistakes without having to unpick everything! A soft cover with excellent colour pictures that will either inspire, amaze or scare you! Contains clear step by step diagrams on all the techniques you could think of but has no projects to complete.