Dazzling Bead & Wire Crafts

Try the simple acts of stringing beads on a wire, and bending wires into unusual shapes, and you’ll understand why this craft has become so popular. You can make fashion statements with jewelry or home décor features, using the simple diagrams, patterns, and full-color photos. Start with the Black Faceted Heart Drop Necklace & Earrings; Souvenir Coin Necklace; Grandmother’s Photos Necklace; Green Cat’s Eye Bracelet; Amethyst & Filigree Chocker & Earrings; Beads & Clay Charms Headband. Then turn

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Artful Crafts: Ancient Greek Silverware and Pottery

This book challenges the widely held view that Greek pottery vases were objects of great value in antiquity, commissioned by rich patrons from the greatest artists of the day. Instead, they are shown to have been simply low cost versions of tableware originally made in silver and gold. Vickers and Gill demonstrates how Greek pottery first came to be regarded as a high value commodity in the eighteenth century thanks to clever, if not fraudulent, sales techniques. They explore the ways in which w

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This book challenges the widely held view that Greek pottery vases were objects of great value in antiquity, commissioned by rich patrons from the greatest artists of the day. Instead, they are shown to have been simply low cost versions of tableware originally made in silver and gold. Vickers and Gill demonstrates how Greek pottery first came to be regarded as a high value commodity in the eighteenth century thanks to clever, if not fraudulent, sales techniques. They explore the ways in which work in gold and silver influenced painted pottery, and examine the primary sources, both literary and epigraphic, to find what materials the ancients did consider to be important. more info

Stunning colorplates of glass, ceramics, wood, fiber, metal masterpieces; incomparable resource material. more info