Contemporary Geometric Beadwork

Kate McKinnon

Vol. I and II

 

Math was never my favorite subject in school.  I have an excellent memory, so the time tables were easy to master.  But, when it came to Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, and Probability, I froze.  But, in reading the introduction to this book, I dove in and savored page after page. 

The basics are there in the introduction, like so many other books, but “Contemporary Geometric Beadwork is unlike any other beading book that I have recently reviewed. Just seeing the wonderful examples of the geometric shapes in this mind boggling book was inspirational.  The beaded structures were contributed by an extremely talented sisterhood and brotherhood.  Kate McKinnon has exposed all, who are lucky to own this book, to a higher level of creativity.

 
The structures dissected are a Warped Square, MRAW Bellybands, Triangles, Tetrahedrons, Pyramids, Cones, and other forms still waiting to be explored.

Each section begins with a shape, maps out the path of “how to” with the tiny delica beads, and shows a myriad variety of completed bangles, and rings. These “jewels” whether zigged or zagged, horned or winged, takes on a life of its own. 

The book is truly an adventure in exploration of geometry in the purest artistic form.