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BEAD STRINGING

There is an art and skill to stringing beads on cord. First, of course, is the selection of beads for a design, and the selection of the appropriate stringing material. Then is the selection of a clasp or closure, appropriate to the design and use of the piece. This continues with choosing the strategy for stringing beads with cord, including choices about knotting, braiding, using multiple strands and a single tie-off, multiple strands with multiple tie-offs.




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BEAD STRINGING

 

After the ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS Class...

Begin with Basics of Bead Stringing and Attaching Clasps (Part 1 - Crimping, and Part 2 - Needle and Thread)
Then learn to Pearl Knot
Learn the basic steps in Wire Working, and making a coiled loop
Pick up principles about beads and color, and jewelry design
Select any electives that you might be interested in
NOTE: With the descriptions and instructions for each class, there are suggestions about which classes to take next.


Read about:
o Selecting Stringing Materials
o Choices about Clasps

 


Start With This Class:

ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS

- Learn how to make choices about how to buy beads and other jewelry findings, what goes together with what and when, what happens to all these pieces over time, and what the the quality is of the pieces you are using, whether beads, metals, or stringing materials, and, finally, how to relate this to design goals, and if you are selling your stuff, your marketing goals as well.



CORE COURSES Sequence:

Strut your bling with crystals! Elegant and exciting, this bracelet will show-case your jewelry-making talents, utilizing the crimping technique.

BS1.01
STRINGING WITH CABLE WIRE - CRIMPING: Crystal Excitement Bracelet

BEGINNER

Crimping is one of the fastest and easiest ways to string beads. However, you need to learn some jewelry design tricks to help it move and drape better, when worn.

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Crystal Copper

* 2. Heliotrope
* 3. Purple Velvet
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS and/or KIT

A remembrance of that beautiful day at the beach! Momentos picked up along the dunes and water's edge, strung using needle and thread.

BS1.02
STRINGING WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD: By The Sea Bracelet

BEGINNER

Needle and Thread is a more involved approach to stringing beads, but usually leads to your best outcomes in terms of movement, drape, durability and flow.

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Coral

* 2. Lavender
* 3. Sea Green
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS and/or KIT

 

Classic Elegance! Learn a simple Pearl Knotting technique anyone can do. No special tools. Beautiful. Durable. Wearable.

 

Also available as online tutorial:

 

PEARL KNOTTING Video Tutorial

Our class is now available online at CraftArtEdu.com

Kit with Instructions available for purchase.


Everything you need to know for successfully designing with pearls, including knotting - traditional vs non traditional methods, attaching clasps, finishing, care of your pearls, repair and types of pearls, the nature of the pearl. Jewelry designer Warren Feld will lead you through this comprehensive CraftArtEdu class that is all about pearls. 6 Broadcasts.

Level: All Levels
Duration: 106:17
55-page downloadable handout comes with video tutorial

 

BS1.03
PEARL KNOTTING: Necklace

BEGINNER

This non-traditional pearlp-knotting instructional guide teaches this technique from the design perspective -- that is, an easy-to-do method which takes into account both aesthetic as well as functional considerations.

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. 8mm Round

* 2. 10mm Round
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS and/or KIT
 

BS1.04
STRINGING WITH ELASTIC STRING: Bracelet

BEGINNER

People overall hate clasps, so they tend to gravitate towards stringing with elastic string. While not a durable stringing solution, it is very popular.


 
 


 
 

BS1.06

 
 

 

 
BEAD STRINGING
Sequence: Other Classes
 

BS2.01
BLUE WATERFALL MULTI-STRAND NECKLACE

INTERMEDIATE


 
 

BS2.02
CLASSICISM MULTI-STRAND NECKLACE

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.03
BARCELONA MULTI-STRAND NECKLACE WITH CONES

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.04
E TAYLOR LARIAT NECKLACE

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.04
TWIST NECKLACE

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.04
TIERED NECKLACE (2-3 strands, but don't all start at the clasp)

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.05
NECKLACE WITH BAIL AND PENDANT DROP

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.06
NECKLACE WITH SEPARATOR BARS

INTERMEDIATE

 
 

BS2.07
EYEGLASS LEASH

INTERMEDIATE

 
     

   
     

 

Wear that proud Etruscan wire and metal elements piece around your neck! Craft a contemporary version of a classic piece, using bead stringing and wire working techniques, with an assortment of jewels dangling from a rubber cord rope.

 

BS2.08
ETRUSCAN BEAD DROP NECKLACE (With wire work elements)

INTERMEDIATE

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Kit #1: Topaz / Coral / Adriatic Blue
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS AND KIT
 


 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

TAKE ONE OR MORE BEGINNING WIRE CLASSES
It is important to learn how to make simple and coiled loops, as well as some basic wire wrapping techniques.

CONTINUE SEQUENCE WITH JEWELRY DESIGN CURRICULUM
This includes Color and Beads, Jewelry Design I, and Jewelry Design II

See all available Instructions and Kits

 


 

Learning Goals for
Bead Stringing

CRITICAL SKILLS TO LEARN:

- Knowing what all the parts (jewelry findings) are, how they are used, and their strengths and weaknesses

- Knowing about the quality of beads, and what happens to beads (and their finishes) over time

- Knowing about the quality of metals, and what happens to metals (and their finishes) over time

- Knowing about stringing materials, and when and when not to use specific ones

- Some understanding of how and when to use different types of glues

- Some understanding of tools and needles

- Understanding how to choose clasps, and what a "clasp assembly" and what a "support system" are

- Learning how to use cable wires, crimp beads, crimp covers and horseshoes in crimping

- Learning how to use needle, thread and beeswax in bead stringing

- Learning how to put knots between beads

- Learning about wires, metals, tools to make shapes and structural components, including loops and coiled loops

- Learning basics of jewelry design principles

--- Learning how the bead asserts its need for color

--- Principles of Composition

--- Principles of Form and Function

 

 


 

SUPPLIES AND TOOLS
To KEEP ON HAND

Flex Wire Cable wires in .010, .014, .019 and .024 thicknesses

Nymo or C-Lon thread, in black, white and assorted other colors in size D

FireLine in smoke grey and crystal in size D

Size #10 and Size #12 English beading needles

Chain nose pliers
Round Nose Pliers
Side Cutters or Flush Cutters
Scissors
Crimping Pliers

Ruler (marked in both inches and millimeters)
Bracelet and Necklace Sizing Cones
Bead Stoppers
Bead Board

Assortment of:
Clasps
Jump Rings
Split Rings
Soldered Rings
End bars
Crimp beads, crimp covers and horseshoe wire protectors
Bails
Crimp ends
Clamps
Connectors and Linkables

Bic lighter or thread zapper

Work surface
Trays

Pen and Paper



Our LEARN TO BEAD program
is based on
The Design Approach
:

- Focused on teaching how to make smart choices
- Developmentally-based, where you learn skills in an orderly way, and understand how skills build upon each other
- Easy to follow


You may purchase:
o Written instructions for each lesson
o Kits of Supplies
o Recommended Books


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Visit
Land of Odds - Jewelry Design Center for all your beading and jewelry making supplies.

Visit our LearnToBead Blog

 

The Design Approach....

Teaches you how to make choices
about function and appeal,
movement and context,
when you construct a piece of jewelry.

 

JEWELRY DESIGN CAMP 
October 2013 (Enrollment Closed)
2015 (TBA)

 

Immerse yourself into a week-long study of jewelry design theories, and their applications and manipulations with various materials, techniques and strategies.

 

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