| Contents:
Chapter 1- Basic Concepts
Chapter 2- Side-By-Side Encasing
Chapter 3- One-Step Encasing
Chapter 4- More Techniques
Chapter 5- Using the Techniques
This 72 page book, by Deanna Griffin Dove,illustrates that encasing techniques are essential for creating highly finished art beads. Griffin Dove, artist and author of popular flameworking books, shows you how to learn to execute a wide range of techniques guaranteed to stretch your skills and improve your mastery of this unique art form. It is full of clear color photos, showing every encasing technique covered in the book.Side by side encasing, Lateral Strip encasing, Stroke Depth, Coils, Spirial wrapping, Flat wrapping, Envelope Encasing, Lap Encasing ,Component Encasing and 3D Encasing.
This book also deals with other issues of Compatibility,Scumming,Rod Clarity & Cleaning, Rod diameter,Air bubbles,Bead temperature and Overlaying colours.Also shown are encased beads by artists Deanna Griffin Dove, Heather Ferman and Julie Ferguson. |
