MAKING FANTASTIC JEWELLERY

Suitable for everyone from experts to complete novices, you'll soon find yourself creating decorative jewellery from the most ordinary materials with this guide. Detailed instructions are provided on a number of projects, from polymer clay ear-rings to seashells strung together as a necklace.

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Baubles, bangles and beads: have a little creative fun and soon you'll be wearing rings on your fingers, bracelets around your wrist and ornaments circling your neck. Craft these pretty "jewels" with the most unbelievably ordinary materials like: paper hardened and painted; tin foil rounded into shiny "pearls"; polymer clay turned into ear-rings; seashells strung together; pinecones hung on a wire; pieces of smooth wood knotted onto a necklace; and even foods! Many of these fantastic and colourful pieces reveal the influence of Indian, African and South American traditions and work with nature's beautiful bounty. Fluffy white feathers, pendants of rice grains and Italian pasta rings on coloured cord recall Native American motifs.