I couldn't believe my luck when Traplett's Shop showed Yoko Shimizu's "Making Couture Beads Jewelry" for sale. Her books never come up for sale in online resale shops.
Yoko is such a creative, yet simple designer. She works almost exclusively with silver and gemstone, and she puts them to together in very tactile and soothing ways. In this book she mixes leather cord into chain, giving a casual and strong feel to what might otherwise be something merely "pretty."
She owns Bead-Balance, an online shop where she sells bead kits and supplies.
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