Contemporary Geometric Beadwork by Kate McKinnon |
What is it about this book that inspires me so? Although I love books that contain projects and directions (and this one certainly does!); I especially like that this book gives the reader so many different options and jumping off points. The projects feel open-ended to me; Kate challenges her readers to try new things and come up with their own unique designs. That's important to me; I admire Kate's style, but it's not my style, and I love that this book gives me the tools I need to take her ideas and transform them into my own designs.
Twice as Nice Bracelet |
The MRAW thread path is really fun; it is a hybrid of RAW and peyote and works up very fast with nice, even tension. I'm sold on it; it takes the wobbly out of RAW for me and makes a lacy, but firm, foundation. I am quite sure you will be seeing many more MRAW projects from me; I hope you will enjoy using it as much as I do
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I'm excited to try that. I love what you did in your own style, your own wzy. Awesome! I also recommed Jean Power's new on the same topic. They're both wonderful!
Thanks, Cynthia! Sally, Jean and I have a LOT of overlaps, and she is featured in CGB, but she doesn't use the MRAW threadpath, she favors peyote starts.
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