Making Beautiful Beads

To make exactly the beaded project you want - first you must make exactly the beads you want! Go right to the beginning of the process with five highly talented designers whose ingenuity, mastery of the medium and playfulness all come through again and again, whatever the material that is being used: - Work wool and dye into balls - Try papier mache over wooden beads - - Coil polymer clay - Create faux ivory for ethnic styles - Woodgrain - - Turn shiny polished metal and filigree - Lampwork frosted glass -