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Meet and greet

This month we interviewed innovative jewellery designer Nealay Patel

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Discover some great new books as well as the blog of the month and the website of the month

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FEATURED PROJECTS

Azure rose

Take the Art Deco favourite palette of royal blue and silver and team it with a stylised rose motif for this long and lovely necklace

In fine feather

Simplify and refine the beautiful shape of a peacock feather in silver wire to create a classic brooch and more!

Eighth wonder

Discover the versatility of two-hole pyramid beads and twin beads by stitching a main attraction for your wrist

Work like a charm

If you have mastered a simple Kumihimo braid and want to broaden your braiding horizons, learn how to add spacer beads and charms to your designs

The bold and the beautiful

Combine polymer clay texturing techniques with a gorgeous collection of tactile beads to create an asymmetric necklace with real impact

Watermelon summer

Have some fruity fun in the sun with these mouth-watering lampwork beads

Beach charm

Keep tight hold of summer memories of the beach and beautiful sunsets with a long necklace full of felt and fabulous colour

In the know

Everything you ever wanted to know about beads

Fringe festival

Take the latest fashion trend into autumn. How far will you take the fringe?

Quick make

Find out how to turn a few glass pearls and some wire into a striking choker