I love the book cover, it is a soft back book and has a matt front cover that has ben spot laminated over the pictures (aka the pictures are glossy the rest isnt) which is an effect that I love - I have been trying to source a company who does spot laminating on photobooks for ages but that is another story- and it makes a great "oooo" first impression.
I havent had a chance to sit and read cover to cover but I have had a good nosey through the book. It has been split into sections for different abilities and each lampwork tutorial is then followed by a step by step tutorial on a piece of jewellery made with those very beads. I am always intrigued to see how different people use beads and I think this format is a great idea especially for those who are new to lampwork. I know when I first started making beads, having made anything i liked i had to immediately make it into jewellery so i could wear it and show it off. Looking back at the things i made then its rather clear to see i was as new to wire work and stringing as lampwork and a bit of guidance would have been very useful ! So congratulations to Nelli on a lovely book which I am looking forward to sitting down with a brew and reading thoroughly.
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Thank you so much, Becky, for this lovely post! I'm really glad you like it, and that you saw the whole idea behind it, it's just like you describe it: make beads, then show them off wearing them. I do hope that people will find the tutorials straight-forward enough, and whatever techniques are described will inspire the readers to try them out with their own designs. I'm now thinking about Volume 2 with more daring stuff (he-he-he!). And I like the cover too! :) :)
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