In
this Etruscan Collar, we incorporate contemporary
design and beadweaving techniques to bring about
senses of sophistication, dimensionality, and
clever craftsmanship. We discuss the roles of
bead shapes and color selections, particularly
in terms of simultaneity effects, in this 2-layered
Ndebele Stitch piece. We use a modified Ndebele/Brick
Stitch to attach our two Ndebele Stitch layers
together and create a curved interior edge, and
then a book-binding stitch to add a chain embellishment.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
NDEBELE STITCH
LTB-BW3-NB-01 Etruscan
Collar
15 - 17 1/2" necklace
Intermediate/Advanced Level Class |
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BEGINNER |
INTERMEDIATE |
ADVANCED |
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TECHNICAL MECHANICS |
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1. Managing Thread Tension |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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2. Holding Your Piece To Work It |
BEGINNER |
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3. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure
and/or Graph |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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4. Selecting Materials |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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5. Identifying Areas of Potential
Weakness, and
Strategies for Dealing With These |
BEGINNER |
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6. Determining Measurements, including
Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In
Relationship To Bead Sizes |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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7. Finishing Off Threads in Piece
or Extending by Adding Threads |
BEGINNER |
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UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH |
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1. Starting the Stitch |
BEGINNER
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2. Implementing the Basic Stitch |
BEGINNER |
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3. Finishing Off Your Piece With
A Clasp Assembly |
BEGINNER |
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4. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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5. Creating a Simple Edging or Fringe |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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6. Working Stitch in Flat Form |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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7. Increasing and Decreasing |
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8. Working Stitch in Tubular Form |
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9. Working Stitch To Create Open
(Negative Spaces), and Split Forms |
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10. Elaborately Embellishing the
Stitch, including Fringes, Edge Treatments,
Bails, Straps and Connectors |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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11. Working Stitch in Circular Form |
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12. Working Stitch in Spiral Form |
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13. Working Stitch in Diagonal Form |
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14. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions
(sculptural) |
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UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS
OF STITCH |
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1. Learning Implications When Choosing
Different Sizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using
Different Stringing Materials |
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2. Understanding Relationship of
this Stitch in Comparison to Other Types of
Bead Weaving Stitches |
BEGINNER |
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3. Understanding How Bead Asserts
Its Need For Color, Using This Stitch |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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4. Creating Your Own Design with
This Stitch, in Reference to Design Elements
and Jewelry Design Principles of Composition |
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5. Creating Shapes, Components and
Forms with This Stitch, and Establishing Themes
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6. Building in Structural Supports,
and Other Support Elements, into the Design |
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BECOMING BEAD WEAVING ARTIST |
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1. Developing A Personal Style |
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2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work |
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3. Teaching Others The Stitch |
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4. Promoting Yourself and Your Work |
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5. Advocating for Jewelry as "Art"
and as "Design" |
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