Beading

Last Update 4/8/2004

See also Glass

Here are some examples of the work that I do. If you have any references on period wire jewelry not listed in this section, please let me know. Click on the images below to get full size pictures.

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Bead Sources and Supplies

Egyptian Paste/Faience
- Laguna Clay Company
Rose Petal Beads
- Making Rose Petal Beads
- Rose Petal Beads - Magy Fryser
- See SCA-ARTS archive for recipes posted by Nora Siri Bock
Other

Lady Miriam bas Levi, Barony of Calafia, Kingdom of Caid
Mingei Museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park

Walters Collection in Baltimore, MD

Subject		Citation
Viking		Astrup, E.E. and Arnfinn G. Andersen. 1987. "A Study of Metal Foiled Glass Beads from the Viking Period." Acta Archaeologica (Copenhagen) 58:222-228.
Embroidery		Bath, Virginia Churchill. Embroidery Masterworks.
General		Boucher, Francois Leon Louis. 1987. 20,000 Years of Fashion. H.N. Abrams Publishers. Painting by Petrus Christus called "Portrait of a Girl", c 1470
Viking		Calmer, J. 1977. “Trade beads and bead-trade in Scandinavia ca. 800-100 A.D.” Acta Archaeological Lundensia.
General		Clabburn, Pamela. Bead Work. Shire Publications. album 57.
General		Dubin, Lois Sherr. 1987. The History of Beads : From 30,000 B.C. to the Present . New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-0736-4.
Embroidery		Edwards, Joan. 1992. Bead Embroidery.
Europe		Egan, Geoff, and Frances Pritchard. 1996. Dress Accessories. Museum of London. ISBN 0-11-290444-0.
Roman		Guido, Margaret. The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods in Britain and Ireland. Society of Antiquaries of London : Distributed by Thames and Hudson.
Native American		Henry, Peggy Sue. Beads to Buckskins Series. Volume 1 - Loom beading without a loom, applique stitch, lazy stitch Volume 2 - Sewing with Buckskin Leather Volume 3 - Bead with stone cabochons incorporated with seed beads, End of Trails pattern Volume 4 - How to Cross-Stitch and Embroider with Beads, and many earring patterns Volume 5 - Short cuts and best kept secrets of beading. Loom patterns and techniques. Crocheting with beads Volume 6 - History of the Native American Beadwork and quill work Volume 7 - Illustrated techniques for cutting your beading time, earring techniques and patterns, marketing your crafts, patterns for loom and applique Volume 8 - Native American Cradleboards Volume 9 - How to use stone cabochon and stone beads along with glass beads to create a definitive, magnificent wardrobe of jewelry Volume 10 - Bead stringing and knotting Volume 11 - Dolls Volume 12 - Beading with minerals
Europe		Jargstorf, Sibylle. 1997. Glass Beads from Europe: With Value Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors). Schiffer Pub Ltd.
Viking		Joyce, Kristin, and Addison, Shellei. Pearls: Ornament and Obsession.
Egyptian Paste/Faience		Lucas, A. and J. R. Harris. 1999. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries. Fourth Edition. Dover Publications.
Viking		Lundstrom, A. 1976. “Bead Making in Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages.” Early Medieval Studies 9. 1981. Excavations at Helgo VII: Glass, Iron, Clay. Stockholm: Wæs Þu Hæl (Waes Thu Hael).
Rose Petal Beads		Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair. 1973. Rose Recipes from Olden Times. Dover The Old English Herbals.
Viking		Scarisbrick, Diana. 1996. Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery. University of Washington Press.
Anglo-Saxon		Scull, Christopher, with many assorted other authors. 1992. Excavation and Survey at Watchfield, 1983-32; Arch. Journal 149: 124-281.
Embroidery		Schuette, Marie, and Sigrid Mueller-Christensen. A Pictorial History of Embroidery.
Viking		Smith, Marvin T., and Good, Mary Elizabeth. Early Sixteenth Century Glass Beads in the Spanish Colonial Trade.
Egyptian Paste/Faience		Speight, Charlotte F., and John Toki.1994. Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics. Third Edition. Mayfield Publishing Company.
Viking		Tortzig, Gustaf. “Beads made of cowrie shells from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean found on Gotland.” Trade and Exchange In Prehistory: Studies in Honor of Berta Stjernquist. eds. Birgitta Hardh et al. Lund: Lunds Universitets Historiska Museum. 1988. pp. 287-294. Painting dated 1589 of Elizabeth Brydges
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