From Library Journal
Large decorative tassels are usually made by covering a wooden mold with cord or thread. Campbell-Harding adds beads in a variety of beading patterns to her tassels, creating delightful lacy baubles that can be used to embellish curtains, lampshades, or clothing. Pierce specializes in beaded bands, many inspired by Native American designs, made on a traditional beading loom and used as neckpieces. His book concentrates on looming techniques and includes photographs of his own works and those of others. Both books are good additions to general crafts collections. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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"Don Pierce is one of the finest loom artists the bead world knows . . . This is a beautiful and must-have book."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Focusing specifically on loom bead weaving, this book provides extensive information on building a loom, loomwork techniques, and design techniques. Beading on a Loom begins with a brief history of Native American and African beadwork and European bead manufacturing. Special attention is paid to Native American beadwork, including wampum and glass beads and box, bow, heddle, and Apache looms. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are provided for the entire weaving process, including loom construction, warping, basic weaving, increasing and decreasing, weaving triangles, finishing, correcting mistakes, incorporating your own ideas, planning for size and weight of neckpieces, graphing designs, color blending, and more. A section on contemporary loomwork includes 40 unique works - ranging in size from a tiny amulet bag to a wall hanging of the Boston skyline that contains 190,800 beads - by 20 different artists.

FROM THE CRITICS

Bead and Button Magazine

In Beading on Loom, the gallery of loom work by Don is wonderfully inspirational.

Library Journal