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MONET'S GARDEN BRACELET - LEARNING OBJECTIVES
BW2-FR-01
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
-- Bead Weaving Sequence
-- Lesson: Square Stitch and Fringe
-- Bracelet


This cuff-style bracelet involves creating a square stitched base, off of which you create flower stalks (beaded fringe), a picot edging and a garden path (book binding stitch) along each side. A button clasp and loop finish off the piece. Special attention is paid to managing thread tension. A color blending strategy is applied.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

MONET'S GARDEN BRACELET
BW2-FR01-Monet's Garden Bracelet

 

BEGINNER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

TECHNICAL MECHANICS

1. Managing Thread Tension

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

2. Holding Your Piece To Work It

BEGINNER

 

 

3. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure and/or Graph

 

 INTERMEDIATE

 

4. Selecting Materials

 

 INTERMEDIATE 

 

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

 

 INTERMEDIATE 

 

7. Finishing Off Threads in Piece or Extending by Adding Threads

 BEGINNER

 

 

    

    

UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH

1. Starting the Stitch

  BEGINNER

 

 

2. Implementing the Basic Stitch

 BEGINNER

 

 

3. Finishing Off Your Piece With A Clasp Assembly

  BEGINNER

 

 

4. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment

 

 INTERMEDIATE 

 

5. Creating a Simple Edging or Fringe

 

 INTERMEDIATE 

 

6. Working Stitch in Flat Form

 BEGINNER

 

 

7. Increasing and Decreasing

 

 

 

8. Working Stitch in Tubular Form

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 INTERMEDIATE 

 

11. Working Stitch in Circular Form

 

 

 

12. Working Stitch in Spiral Form

 

 

 

13. Working Stitch in Diagonal Form

 

 

 

14. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions (sculptural)

 

 

 

  

  

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

 

  INTERMEDIATE 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

6. Building in Structural Supports, and Other Support Elements, into the Design

 

 

 

  

  

BECOMING BEAD WEAVING ARTIST

1. Developing A Personal Style

 

 

 

2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work

 

 

 

3. Teaching Others The Stitch

 

 

 

4. Promoting Yourself and Your Work

 

 

 

5. Advocating for Jewelry as "Art" and as "Design"

 

 

 

    

MONET'S GARDEN BRACELET
Instructor: Kathleen Lynam

 

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