LEARN
TO BEAD . NET
The
Design Approach
To Learning
Select
Your Courses
Start
With This Class:
ORIENTATION
TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS
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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.
The
Orientation Unit consists of
- Learning Module
- Guidebook for Creating Your "Stash",
P urchasing Tools and Other Supplies,
and Organizing Your Workspace
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Then,
select an interest area listed below,
and begin its sequence of classes:
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BEAD
STRINGING
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Learn the basics of bead stringing and attaching
clasps, including crimping, stringing with
needle and thread, and pearl knotting.
Each
Unit consists of
- Set of Project Intructions
- Kits
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BEAD
WEAVING
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Learn to make amulet bags, beaded sculptures,
beaded vessels, necklaces, bracelets, loomwork,
appliqués and more. Many projects
attempt to emulate a piece of cloth or textile.
Other projects are more figural or sculptural.
There are many different techniques of bead
weaving. The most popular are peyote stitch,
loom work, brick stitch, ndebele, and netting.
Each
Unit consists of
- Set of Project Intructions
- Kits
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STITCH
REFRESHER EXERCISES
Already familiar with a stitch?
Need to jog the memory about how to get started,
Or, how to execute a stitch?
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WIRE
WORKING
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Learn the basics of shaping wire using tools,
using wire as structural components, using
beads with wire, making chains, making rosaries,
making earrings and clasps, and fancy settings
and bails for stones
Each
Unit consists of
- Set of Project Intructions
- Optional Kits
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JEWELRY
DESIGN
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Learn design-oriented tools and concepts,
including colors and beads, principles of
composition for jewelry design, and working
with forms and functions in design
Each
Unit consists of
- Learning Module
- Workbook
- Application Project
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BUSINESS
OF CRAFT
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Learn how to get started in your jewelry
making business including setting up a simple
accounting system, knowing federal, state
and local accounts to set up and forms to
fill out, how to price using a formula,
sell and market your jewelry, how to market
your jewelry on-line, and pointers about
doing craft shows.
Each
Unit consists of
- Learning Module
- Workbook
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