Magazine Issue

December 1998
Issue #28
OUT OF STOCK
We're sorry. This issue is currently out of stock and will not be reprinted.
Contents
Metis Dog Team Finery
Bead embroider a floral fantasy
By Darnele Huerkamp
Easy Ornaments
Decorate with beaded glass spheres
By Mary Mowery
Claymaker
Impressed Mokume Gane
Use rubber stamps and patinas for ancient effects
By Nan Roche
A Ribbon of Pearls
Create luxurious drape with a variation on right-angle weave
By Louise Malcolm
Wear our anniversary bead four ways
Celebrate Bead & Button's Fifth anniversary
By Linda Salow
Cleopatra's Collar
Create a classic look with eye pins and beads
By Linda Salow
Online Feature
American Glass Beadmaking Pioneers Sage
By Alice Korach
The Elegance of a Sunken Era
Weave, fringe, and edge a "Titanic" comb in one step
By Ruthe Kanakoff
Cover Story
What Are They Doing Now?
Artists from our first three years update us with their current work
By Alice Korach
Claymaker
Transforming bullseye canes for a cone necklace
By Cynthia Toops
Artifact Jewelry
Hand-forged buttons and beads
By Ernest Neri
Lace Christmas Tree Earrings
Weave a tree with seed bead diamonds
By Kathy Rice
Figures of Enchantment
Beaded dolls by four artists
By Kathlyn Moss
Make a beaded totem doll
By Pat Chiovarie with Kathlyn Moss
Departments
From Alice's Desk
Tips & Techniques
Corrosin-free buttons, bead tote, necklace shortener, tapestry purse, needle puller, polymer clay texture, cardboard thread holder, needle threading
Your Letters
Origins
African trade bead museum
Computer Notes
Your Work
Patterns
Chic & Easy
Italian designer necklace
News & Reviews
Books for inspiratin, loom weaving, and children; bead reamer; abalone buttons and pendants; bracelet loom
Gleaming Treasures 1998
Calendar
Basics
Surgeon's knot, pearl knotting, circular peyote stitch and decreasing, square stitch, loops, wrapped loops
Anything Goes
Button glass summer

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