Wednesday, January 28, 2009

New Book!


Random searches on Ebay do occaisionally pay off. That's how I got my hands on Shizuya's "Bead Style Cool" for seven bucks---including shipping. INSANELY good deal. I couldn't buy it in Japan for that.

It's more of Shizuya's distinctive "goth" style. I'd love to chat with him about how he figures out what he does. His works are so intricate from both sides--all sides.

I have a new appeciation because I've been working on a pattern from Complex Beads, "Peach", which is one of the best 3D heart patterns I've seen. You insert two 12mm beads into the heart as support. Here's a picture:


The pink and the red one are for a friend's nieces. The black one I made with Valentine's day in mind. Surely there's some jaded dumpee who needs a way to express her true feeling regarding love? LOL

1 comment:

Tanya said...

Hi:
I am a new "beadaholic" and have got the pattern to make the heart called "peach" from Complex Beads, but I do not understand a bit of japanese and I am affraid I will not be able to pull it out without a bit of instructions, I see you have made some gorgeous ones, do you maybe have the instructions in spanish? I would be very grateful if you could give me a hand with this one! Regards,
Tanya