Beadwork Book Review
Three Dimensional Beadwork
Sigrid Wynne-Evans, 1999
Self Published
9 X 6, Paperbound, 71 pages
Color photos, black and white graphs
$14.95
ISBN# 0-9648360-3-3

I was hearing wonderful things about this book long before I ever saw it. It was being called an instant classic and hailed as "best ever" with "excellent instructions" and more. Ok, so I was a bit skeptical, but since it was written by Sigird Wynne-Evans, and since I knew her reputation as a 3-D beader, I had a feeling it really was going to be terrific.

And I was not disappointed. This beading book is truly excellent. It is not so much a pattern book, but a beading idea and beadwork instructional volume. Sig teaches many variations on Peyote, which is the primary stitch used in her 3-D designs, including an excelent tutorial for using picots to join armatures within the work.

There are some adorable 3-D beaded patterns in the book, in fact, most of the projects have a touch of whimsy to them, as I have grown to expect from the beading designes by Sig; I'm particularly fond of the ittle bumble bees.

The book also includes clear and concise instructions for the bead stitch variations as well as for the beading increases and decreases needed to build the 3-D images properly. If you are interested in learning more about structural beadwork and the use of Peyote stitch for building representational images, this is the right book for you. If yu are interested in making freestanding beaded dolls or other sculptural representation with beadwork, there is no better basic text than this volume. Even if you are not a 3-D beader, this is an excellet companion book for a Peyote stitch library. I highly recommend it.

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