Create stunning jewelry that is distinctly your own. Artist Tair Parnes has traveled the world learning about different techniques, styles and color combinations. The result is this collection of unique projects ranging from striking earrings that will add pizzazz to everyday outfits to extravagant bracelets that are perfect for special occasions.

Hardcover, full color, 126 pages
23 projects
Book size: 11-1/2x9 inches
Level: Advanced

Gifts that are made by hand are cherished as heirloom pieces that will never by seen anywhere else. Using an assortment of colorful, sparkling beads as decorative embellishment, you can make necklaces, earrings, napkin rings, lampshades, hat bands and more for everyone you care about. Each project is a special way of reminding someone of how special you think they are.

Softcover; 128 pages
Book Size: 8-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches
Level: Intermediate

Simple, easy to follow instructional guide to creating outstanding hemp jewelry. Building upon the success of the first Hemp Masters book, this one features greater use of color and new fantastic patterns. With market tested designs and a little hippie humor, this guide will keep you smiling as you learn. This book contains an abundance of illustrations and photographs to complement the clear, complete instructions. Projects include necklaces, chokers, anklets, a belly chain with bells, bracelets and a gorgeous belt. The Introduction has definitions of terms used in the book (knotting and hippie lingo), hemp facts everyone should know and a hippie history poem. How To Begin details deciding how long to cut the hemp for a particular project and how to start tying a piece of hemp jewelry. There is also a section of Helpful Hints and Hippie Secrets for working and knotting with hemp cords. The Knotting Guide explains all of the knots and their variations. Finally, there are 22 example projects, from the simple to the complex, all beautiful, and with pictures and step-by-step instructions for each.

Softcover; 98 pages
Book Size: 8-1/2 x 11 inches
Level: Beginning-Intermediate