1000 Glass Beads: Innovation & Imagination in Contemporary Glass Beadmaking Paperback – August 1, 2004

Wow, what an amazing book! Whether you love glass beads and lampwork or you just love beautiful art, I believe you will be thrilled with this book. This book is definitely not a 'how to' book for those who want to make beads, but it is sure to inspire you beyond your imagination. There are over 400 pages in this book with very little text, however each page contains one or two, large, full color, highly detailed photos with a caption giving you the name of the artist and a very brief description of their technique. There are hundreds of different artists featured in the book with just as many different styles.... and these are not merely 'glass beads', these are absolute works of art which left me in awe every time I turned the page. (By the way, the price of the book definitely belies the quality, I honestly was not expecting such a high caliber book for this price.)

As a beginner in making glass beads, I am inspired by the variety and complexity of the beads shown in beautiful photos in this book. I hope I can just begin to create some beads one tenth as beautiful as some of these.

Reading about beautiful beads and there stores

Fantastic book with bead from the highest caliber glass artists. Leaf thru for inspiration or to be amazed!

Don't get me wrong, fabulous book, content, photos 1st class; however, after 2nd look thru, started falling apart at spine with pages loosening. So disappointed for that reason only.

Lovely, inspirational book. Some of the beads in this book are absolutely unbelievably beautiful. So far, I haven't gotten tired of looking at them every so often. I will see details I missed the first or second time I looked at it.

Glass is fascinating.

This book is beautifully orchestrated. It is a treasury of beads created by some of the finest lampwork artists from around the globe. My only regret is that I failed to contribute my work when asked by the publisher. It would have been an honor to be included with such masters in this art form! Hopefully next time!If you don't have this book, please make every effort to add it to your collection.