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Lapidary Journal - October 2004
The Bead Annual
Print Magazine Table of Contents
Features | Step-By-Step
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28 | Awakening
to Color - ARTIST PROFILE
Inspired by painter Gustav Klimt, Flora Book stepped into a colorful new world
with her jewelry designs.
By Cathleen McCarthy
ONLINE BONUS CONTENT: See more of Flora
Book's work in our Designer Gallery. | 36 | Organized
Chaos - ARTIST PROFILE
For Lauri Copeland, making beads involves both endless flexibility and exacting
focus.
By Mark Lurie
ALSO: The artist shows you how to fume 24-karat gold into lampworked beads in
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2004
Bead Arts Awards - COMPETITION
Six contemporary jewelry designers exploe the limits of adding color to metal,
using often mundane materials to produce extraordinary results.
BONUS CONTENT: See more work by the 2004 Bead Arts Awards Winners in our Designer
Gallery
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50 | This
Stop: Beads - ARTIST PROFILE
Celebrated goldsmith Vicki Eisenfeld experiments with size and color by way of
fine gemstone beads.
By Ettagale Blauer | 54 | Gem
Show Beads - SUPPLIES
Many of the beautiful, economically priced beads now popping up on the gem
market are a great buy -- as long as you know what you're buying.
By Si & Ann Frazier | 60 | Hilltribe
Silver - CULTURE
In the hills of Thailand, a small village of the Karen hilltribe produces beautiful
handmade silver beads and other jewelry components.
By
Nina Graci | 68 | What
is Rainbow Calsilica? -
GEM MATERIALS
It’s not surprising that healthcare issues are dominating the domestic
headlines these days. What choices do independent designers have
for health insurance, and how good are the options proposed by the
government?
By Si & Ann Frazier |
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Creative Thinking -
ARTIST PROFILE
Beadmaker Diana East uses glass to represent the most complex and mystical processes
of the human mind.
By Hazel L. Wheaton
For the artist's instructions on lampworking with enamel, see Steo by Step, page
79.
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| S T E P . B Y . S T E P |
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Levels:
Beginner:
Someone just starting out can complete this project and be happy with the results.
Beginner/Intermediate: Someone who has had experience with the material can happily complete this project, but will also learn something new by doing it.
Intermediate:
A comfortable project for someone who has a good working knowledge of the material.
Intermediate/ Advanced:
A project for someone who is ready for a more challenging approach to a material they have worked with repeatedly.
Advanced:
A good project for someone who is confident with the material and has had a lot of experience with the techniques.
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Stepping Out
By Denise Peck, Step by Step Editor
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Fumed Pomegranate
Giving lampworked beads a 24K glow.
By Lauri Copeland

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Going Places
Flameworked and enameled glass bead.
By Diana East
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Maasai Beaded Wire Vessel
Basket weaving with seed beads and wire.
By Wendy Ellsworth
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| Ode to a Grecian Urn
Making a vessel bead with hollow electroformed handles.
By Ann Davis
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| Star Santa Pendant
Advanced intarsia project, Part II of III.
By Tom & Kay Benham
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| Whirligig Cut
A new spin on facet design.
By Ernie Hawes
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