A little fantasy and magic, wire, beads and new ideas, - and your home will be filled with beauty and come alive! If you have never tried to create toys and ornaments with your own hands but always dreamed about it, then this book is for you. It will also please those who love fantasy and fiction, and have been familiar bead craft. Even skilled bead artists can find a lot of new things as they are going to know the new kind of beadwork, mini-sculptures made from beads!
 
And yet, this book is about learning how to create handmade magic. Though this statement seems to be naive, it makes sense. The authors believe that every person is capable of doing something unusual because wonder is just on the tips of our fingers!
 
A wonderful story that follows each small beaded sculpture creation will help you tune in the boundless space called fantasy. And who knows, perhaps it's you who will bring a spark of new Wonder and Inspiration into the world of reality.
 
This book is devoted to children aged 9 and older, and adults. Detailed step-by-step instructions with photographs will teach how to make 12 animals (symbols of the eastern calendar year) using round and bugle beads. The tutorials of the animals which include Horse, Pig, Dog, Rabbit, Goat, Dragon, Rat, Tiger, Monkey, Rooster, Bull and Snake are in the order of increasing difficulty.
 
The lessons are designed to teach readers the main tricks of bead weaving using beads and wire. The principles of creating beaded jewelry on the examples of several items are also given in the book. Each lesson starts with a fairy tale telling about an animal which is going to be created. Thus a reader, first and foremost a child, is tuned to a creative approach to work and receives a flash of inspiration to realize his ideas.
 
The book teaches how to see the grains of a future unique sculpture in usual standard shapes. Mastering that develops new possibilities in creative vision and perception, and in forms of their expression.