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| The Beader's Color Palette: 20 Creative Projects and 220 Inspired Combinations for Beaded and Gemstone Jewelry | 
 enlarge | Author: Margie Deeb
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16456
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 0.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0823004740
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.582
EAN: 9780823004744
ASIN: 0823004740
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 WOW! July 28, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I LOVE this book! It inspires me on so many levels. The work that Margie created and those created by chosen artists to represent the different color palettes is incredible! My favorite artists were Jamie Cloud Eakin and Joan Babcock: Breath taking interprations! Such a great concept. I will dog ear this book through my years of creatively expressing myself. It feeds my soul.
What a wonderful resource! July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have an Art background and have been beading for a long time, but still see this book as a wonderful resource regarding the use of color. Margie's technique of using a photo or image and disecting the colors is a great tool for both beginners and advanced beaders. The projects in the book are varied and interesting but the material can be used in creating your own beadwork as well. Well done.
What a gorgeous book! July 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book when it was mentioned on the web site of a jewelry designer I admire greatly - Mary Hicklin. I am definitely not disappointed. Ms. Deeb's use of color is fantastic. As at least one of the other reviewers states, she encourages and guides you in developing your own since of color and style. I rate it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in beading, jewelry making, art, etc.
A real imagination charge July 1, 2008
What an eye opening book, a must for anyone who does art. This is a very finely illustrated book with great examples of finished items.
 The book is beautiful June 17, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this after reading two excerpts in two different magazines and I'm not disappointed. The illustrations are gorgeous, and the works featured are by some of the best artists around. The price on Amazon is so good that you can hardly go wrong, even if you buy it just for the pictures.
The reason I didn't give it four stars: I can hardly read it. The pages look beautiful visually, but when I "zoom" in for the details, I can't read them. In many cases the font is just too small. In other cases, the font is big enough but there is no contrast between the font and the page. Beige type on a white page is NOT legible when you are fifty. It's a popular way to design the printed page lately, I have the same problem with Wired magazine.
If the main audience for this book was under 30, it wouldn't be an issue. I feel like the book designers were more worried about how the page looks, and trying to cram SO much information onto the page that they forget who would be reading it.
I'm going to have to keep a magnifying glass next to the book. Interestingly, the excerpt in at least one magazine, the one I bought, were published in larger print.
The book really is nice though, and it hardly seems fair to criticize the small type, because there is just so much information crammed into it, but the low contrast type thing.... that wasn't necessary.
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