To start making African clay beads, you will need air-dry clay or polymer clay in different colors. Gather tools like a rolling pin, knife or blade, and small round objects for shaping holes. A ...

The workshop examined the bead-making traditions of Khambhat (Cambay), Gujarat, widely regarded as the world’s oldest centre ...

You can use any wire you have. Large diameter wire will be more difficult to manipulate, but will increase the rigidity of the product. You can combine colors and beads sizes as you like. Bend the ...

“The Encyclopedia of Beading Techniques” by Sara Withers and Stephanie Burnham, 2005, Quarto Publishing Place, $27.95, hardbound, 160 pages: This book is divided into three broad sections: “Tools and ...