Entering the door to inventiveness -- Highlights of beadwork history -- Materials, tools, and Technique: -- Asian inspirations. Han beadwork, mainland China (Artist: Kathryn Harris ; Techniques: 3-dimensional triangle stitch and 3-dimensional right angle weave ; Project: "Ka-ching" necklace elements) -- Han beadwork, mainland China (Artist: Laura Shea ; Techniques: Spherical pentagon stitch and spherical hexagon stitch ; Project: Beaded polyhedrons: "Plato bead," "Archimedes bead," and "Eureka bead") -- Ancient Japanese beadwork (Artist: Sharon Donovan ; Technique: Framed parallel stringing) -- Kathi beadwork, Gujarat State, India (Artist: Rachel Weiss ; Techniques: Ladder stitch, brick stitch, tubular peyote stitch, and single thread vertical netting ; Project: "Mahalakshmi" pin) -- Sa'dan Toraja beadwork, Sulawesi, Indonesia (Artist: Biba Schutz ; Techniques: Multiple vertical thread netting and tasseling ; Project: "Time revisited" earrings) -- Straits Chinese beadwork, Penang, Malaysia (Artist: Valerie Hector ; Technique: Tasseling ; Project: Tassel earrings) -- Kenyah beadwork, Indonesian/Malaysian Borneo (Artist: Carol Perrenoud ; Techniques: Ladder Stitch, tubular ndebele herringbone stitch, fringing ; Project: Tasseled hair sticks) -- Ambai Island beadwork, Papua, Indonesian New Guinea (Artist: Mary Winters-Meyer ; Techniques: Flat and double-layer right angle weave ; Project: Sample of "elementary" shawl) -- African and Middle Eastern inspiration. Ancient Egyptian beadwork (Artist: Valerie Hector ; Techniques: Peyote stitch and ladder stitch ; Project: "Sithathoryunet" bracelet I) -- Ancient Egyptian beadwork (Artist: Joyce Scott ; Techniques: Flat and tubular peyote stitch and fringing ; Project: "Bound" earrings) -- Yoruba beadwork, Nigeria (Artist: NanC Meinhardt ; Technique: Right angle weave) -- Maasai beadwork, Kenya (Artist: Flora Book ; Technique: Spiral stringing with spacer plates ; Project: "Jayne's cowl" neckpiece) -- Dinka beadwork, Sudan (Artist: David Chatt ; Technique: Cubic right angle weave ; Project: Samples of cubic right angle weave) -- Xhosa beadwork, South Africa (Artist: Valerie Hector ; Technique: Double-layer scallop stitch ; Project: Sample of double-layer scallop stitch) -- Ndebele beadwork, South Africa (Artist: JoAnn Baumann ; Technique: Pyramidal Ndebele herringbone stitch ; Project: "Pyramid" earrings) -- Msinga (Zulu) beadwork, South Africa (Artist: Valerie Hector ; Technique: Tubular polygon stitch ; Project: Samples of Tubular polygon stitch) -- European inspirations. Seventeenth-century English beadwork (Artist: Karen Paust ; Techniques: Tubular and 3-dimensional peyote stitch and free-form looping ; Project: "Dandelion puff" earrings) -- J.M. van Selow beadwork, 1760s Germany (Artist: Mary Kanda ; Technique: Mosaic bead inlay) -- Wiener Werkst̃tte beadwork, 1920s Austria (Artist: Jacqueline Lillie) -- Funerary beadwork, France (Artist: Valerie Hector ; Technique: Wire wrapping ; Project: "Floral" pin) -- American inspirations. Plains and plateau beadwork (Artist: Marcus Amerman) -- Achomawi/Atsugewi beadwork, California (Artist: Don Pierce ; Technique: Loomweaving ; Project: "Quail on the mountain" evening bag) -- Huichol beadwork, Mexico (Artist: Robin Bergman ; Technique: Square stitch ; Project: Trio of earrings to mix and match" -- Chim︢ beadwork, Peru (Artist: Madelyn Ricks ; Techniques: Flat and pyramidal peyote stitch ; Project: "Triple diamond" brooch).
Foreword / Lois Sherr Dubin -- Entering the Door to Inventiveness -- Highlights of Beadwork History -- Materials, Tools, and Techniques -- Asian Inspirations -- Han Beadwork, Mainland China -- Artist: Kathryn Harris -- Techniques: Three-Dimensional Triangle Stitch and Three-Dimensional Right Angle Weave -- Project: "Ka-Ching" Necklace Elements -- Han Beadwork, Mainland China -- Artist: Laura Shea -- Techniques: Spherical Pentagon Stitch and Spherical Hexagon Stitch -- Project: Beaded Polyhedrons -- Ancient Japanese Beadwork -- Artist: Sharon Donovan -- Technique: Framed Parallel Stringing -- Kathi Beadwork, Gujarat State, India -- Artist: Rachel Weiss -- Techniques: Ladder Stitch, Brick Stitch, Tubular Peyote Stitch, and Single-Thread Vertical Netting -- Project: "Mahalakshmi" Pin -- Sa'dan Toraja Beadwork, Sulawesi, Indonesia -- Artist: Biba Schutz -- Techniques: Multiple Vertical-Thread Netting and Tasseling -- Project: "Time Revisited" Earrings -- Straits Chinese Beadwork, Penang, Malaysia -- Artist: Valerie Hector -- Technique: Tasseling -- Project: Tasseled Earrings -- Kenyah Beadwork, Indonesian/Malaysian Borneo -- Artist: Carol Perrenoud -- Techniques: Ladder Stitch, Tubular Ndebele Herringbone Stitch, and Fringing -- Project: Tasseled Hair Sticks -- Ambai Island Beadwork, Papua, Indonesian New Guinea -- Artist: Mary Winters-Meyer -- Techniques: Flat and Double-Layer Right Angle Weave -- Project: Sample of "Elementary" Shawl -- African and Middle Eastern Inspirations -- Ancient Egyptian Beadwork.
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