LEARNING OBJECTIVES

HAPUA REEF BRACELET
BW1-10-EMB-01

BEGINNER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

TECHNICAL MECHANICS

1. Managing Thread Tension

BEGINNER 

2. Holding Your Piece To Work It

BEGINNER 

3. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure and/or Graph

BEGINNER 

4. Selecting Materials

BEGINNER  

5. Identifying Areas of Potential Weakness, and
Strategies for Dealing With These

BEGINNER  

6. Determining Measurements, including
Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship To Bead Sizes

BEGINNER  

7. Finishing Off Threads in Piece or Adding Threads

BEGINNER  

UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH

1. Starting the Stitch

2. Implementing the Basic Stitch

BEGINNER  

3. Finishing Off Your Piece With A Clasp Assembly

4. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment

INTERMEDIATE 

5. Increasing and Decreasing

6. Working Stitch in Tubular Form

BEGINNER  

7. Working Stitch To Create Open (Negative Spaces), and Split Forms

8. Elaborately Embellishing the Stitch,
including Fringes, Edge Treatments, Straps and Connectors

BEGINNER   

9. Working Stitch in Circular Form

10. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions

BEGINNER   

UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS OF STITCH

1. Learning Implications When Choosing Different
Sizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using Different Stringing Materials

BEGINNER 

2. Understanding Relationship of this Stitch in Comparison
to Other Types of Bead Weaving Stitches

BEGINNER

3. Understanding How Bead Asserts Its Need For Color,
Using This Stitch

BEGINNER 

4. Creating Your Own Design with This Stitch, in
Reference to Jewelry Design Principles of Composition

5. Creating Shapes, Components and Forms with
This Stitch, and Establishing Themes

BEGINNER

BECOMING BEAD WEAVING ARTIST

1. Developing A Personal Style

2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work

3. Teaching Others The Stitch