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Bead Embroidery

Chinese-Style Flower Jewelry
By Yuxi Wang and Yu Han
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Bead Embroidery combines Chinese and Western embroidery techniques to guide you in crafting stunning beadwork jewellery adorned with floral designs inspired by Chinese culture. The book covers a range of projects from simple to intricate, teaching nearly twenty unique pieces such as earrings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, hairbands, and clutch bags.

Learn to use bead embroidery tools effectively and gain skills in over 20 hand sewing and hook needle techniques. Illustrated tutorials introduce you to embroidering various flowers, helping you bring traditional Chinese aesthetics into contemporary jewellery-making.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for arts and crafts enthusiasts interested in bead embroidery, especially those keen on blending cultural artistry with practical jewellery making. Suitable for beginners to intermediate crafters seeking to expand their skills with detailed floral designs and cross-cultural techniques.

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This book unites Chinese and Western embroidery techniques to create gorgeous practical beadwork jewellery with floral elements that are rich in Chinese culture.

The projects range from simple to difficult, giving you a basic yet comprehensive grasp of bead embroidery, and teaching you how to create nearly twenty pieces of unique bead embroidery jewellery to embellish your daily outfits.

With Bead Embroidery, you will:

  • Master the use of bead embroidery tools, understand the characteristics of different bead embroidery materials, and get started easily.

  • Acquire rich hand sewing and hook needle techniques, including more than 20 techniques to lay a solid foundation for making beaded jewellery.

  • Learn to embroider nearly 20 different kinds of flowers using a combination of bead embroidery techniques through illustrated tutorials. Make jewellery that incorporates Chinese aesthetics, including earrings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, hairbands, and clutch bags, bringing the art of bead embroidery into your daily life.

  • Experience the beauty of beaded flowers from a Chinese aesthetic perspective, broadening your creativity and inspiring you.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781938368813

Publisher: Shanghai Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: SCPG Publishing Corporation

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 589g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Han Yu studied bead embroidery at the embroidery school of Ecole Lesage, part of Chanel's Metiers d'Art, and the Royal School of Needlework in the U.K. She then founded Gracey Han Bead Embroidery Studio, designing and producing haute couture garments for Shanghai Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, and for celebrities. She has long been dedicated to disseminating the art of bead embroidery by giving lectures to university students and teaching at embroidery workshops across China. She is the author of Bead Embroidery Chinese Style. Wang Yuxi, a university teacher whose main research field is clothing design and engineering, currently works as a designer at the Gracey Han Bead Embroidery Studio. She is proficient in traditional Chinese embroidery, French embroidery, and flower-making techniques. She has produced haute couture garments for many brands as well as for Shanghai Fashion Week, Guangzhou Fashion Week, and participated in the production of the book Bead Embroidery Chinese Style.

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