Macramé Jewellery

20 Stylish Modern Projects Using Simple Knots

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Create 20 stunning, contemporary macramé jewellery pieces and accessories from bestseller Isabella Strambio.Publishers Weekly: "Macramé artist Strambio (Macramé for the Modern Home) shows how to create knotted jewelry in this chic guide... Those eager to try macramé would do well to start here".Just as macramé homeware has been given a contemporary, stylish makeover in recent years, here we do the same with jewellery. Ideal for beginners – and a perfect addition to the series – this book contains 20 contemporary jewellery projects, including necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets and headbands.As in her first book, Isabella is committed to working with 100% recycled cotton string, to ensure that these items can make you feel good, as well as look good. She uses natural dyes to give her projects a delicate and stylish look but, of course, strings of any colour could be used, and using strings of different weights will also give different results.As well as providing 20 wonderful designs, the book will also cover the five knots needed in the techniques section. This book is ideal for beginners or people who are keen to give the craft a try, but who might be nervous about committing to a wall hanging and 200m of string at the outset; the projects are achievable yet stylish, and require very little outlay for tools or materials.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-21
Mått:180 x 10 x 230 mm
Vikt:575 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Search Press Ltd
ISBN:9781782219668

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Mer om författaren

Isabella Strambio is a self-taught macramé and natural dye artist. She is inspired by design, hand-made products, natural materials and textures, and her passions are reflected in her work. She is also an advocate for using recycled materials for her macramé work and food scraps for her natural dyeing. She started her blog www.isabellastrambio.com to document her personal journey to learn 12 new crafts in 12 months. In 2017, she took the leap and left her career as an interior designer to work full-time on her small creative business.Isabella has been featured in The Sunday Telegraph, the UK TV series Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas and regularly writes macramé tutorials for magazines including Mollie Makes, In the Moment and Origin. She runs workshops, events and team-building classes in London and across the UK. She also teaches macramé and natural dyeing workshops online.Follow Isabella on Instagram @_twome

Recensioner i media

As well as providing 20 wonderful designs, the book also covers the knots that are needed, making it ideal for beginners or people who are keen to give the craft a try and create some truly sustainable jewellery pieces. Isabella is committed to working with sustainable materials, to ensure that these items can make you feel good, as well as look good. She gives advice on sizing and resizing the pieces to suit, and attaching jewellery findings, fastenings, beads and so on.We say: Just as macramé homeware has been given a contemporary, stylish makeover in recent years, here, Isabella Strambio does the same with jewellery. Ideal for beginners, this book contains 20 contemporary jewellery and accessory projects, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets and headbands.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 6How to use this book 8Safety and looking after your body 8Tools 10Materials 12Knots 14Patterns 22Macramé tips 24The projects 34Earrings 36Feather earrings 36Loop earrings 40Triangle earrings 42Bracelets 46Bracelet with gold bead 46Natural linen bracelet 48Bracelet with brass ring 50Necklaces 54Purple and white necklace 54Statement bead 56Large tribal necklace 60Flower necklace 66Chunky necklace 68Black tassel necklace 72Summer necklace 74White necklace 76Other accessories 80White headband 80Terracotta headband 84Tassel keyring 86Daisy keyring 88Belt 92Camera strap 96Acknowledgements 112