Mary Macguire

Learn everything you need to know to create beautiful hand-crafted bead jewelry. With The Bead Maker you can make beads from clay, polymer clay, plastic, paper, felt, fabrics, and natural materials such as shells, stones, seeds, and nuts. Inside you'll find over 30 unique recipes to try with ideas for threading beads and using them as jewelry, embellishments, or as home decorations.

There are detailed instructions along with useful tips and step-by-step techniques to give you the knowledge and confidence to try out your own designs. Macguire gives advice on threads, clasps, and bead tips, as well as mixing color, shape, scale, and materials to create striking effects.