beading techniques & projects |
African
Helix: 
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A highly textured
spiral tube connected only by thread loops. You
can make a triple, quadruple or quintuple helix!
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Apache
Leaf Chain: |
A two-color (or more) chain of leaves, strong
and suitable for use as an amulet bag. |
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| Basic
Beading: |
Instruction on stringing materials, findings and
making simple jewelry. |
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Basic
Flat Peyote: |
One of the most universal of beadweaving techniques.
Used by the ancient Egyptians before Native Americans
thought of it! |
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| Basic
Wirework: |
Instruction on the use of wire in jewelry assembly;
making wrapped loops and your own headpins. |
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| Bead Night: |
Every Thursday. If no workshop or other activity
is planned, a freeform evening to enjoy the company
of beading friends. |
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| Beaded
Cube: |
Right angle weave makes these "cubes" very stable
and ready to display or embellish. |
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Brick
Stitch Earrings: |
Those classic triangular earrings with long fringes.
Learn Brick and Ladder Stitch! |
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| Chevron
Chain: |
Lacy, narrow version of netting. Make it
long and wear it as a lariat or belt! |
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| Daisy
Chain: |
Make a string of flowers for that flower-child
still in you or join widths of the chain to compose
more complicated patterns. |
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| Double
Chevron Chain: |
A wider version of Chevron Chain. Can be
made to use as a belt, a tie or a bracelet. |
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| Double
Spiral Rope: |
Once you've learned the Spiral Rope Chain, try
out this variation with two columns of spiraling
beads. |
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| Dutch
Spiral: |
A hollow undulating tube with endless variations.
Named so because the technique was first described
in a Dutch publication. |
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| Flat Ndebele/Herringbone: |
A Zulu technique using pairs of beads; each orients
itself into a V-shape, nestling into the pair below.
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| Flowerette
Chain: |
Beautiful three-dimensional chain invented in
Africa. |
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| Freeform
Brick Stitch: |
Brick Stitch in three dimensions? You bet!
Encircle a large bead with stacks and rows
of coordinating and contracting seed beads. |
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| Freeform
Peyote: |
Thought Peyote was just for rectangles? Watch
your piece ruffle and spiral while making use of
several sizes and shapes of beads |
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| Fringed
Elastic Bracelet:
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Work a fun, spiky fringe onto a netted elastic
bracelet. |
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| Hearts
Chain: |
For your valentine or just for wearing your heart
"on your sleeve." |
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| Kinky
Fringe Earrings: |
Versatile stitch with a freeform look. The
technique can be used in numerous ways - a trim,
a textural interest or as it's own entity as in
these earrings. |
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| Ladder
Stitch: |
A foundation row for Brick Stitch. May also
be used to start Ndebele or stand on it's own. |
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| Lakota
Chain: |
A Native American chain, very stable and suitable
for use in a bracelet or necklace |
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| Loom Weaving: |
Using a simple framework, bands of seed beads
can depict intricate patterns or realistic images. |
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| Netting:
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Several beads are added at one time, so netting
works up quickly. Variations include:
- Bugle Netting: Using
bugle beads with seed beads allows numerous
design possibilities, as straight lines and
curves meet and contract in the same piece.
- Five-Bead Netting: A
very open weave and flexible technique with
little sculptural potential due to its nature.
- Hexagon Netting: An
unusual six-sided technique often seen in Zulu
beadwork.
- Three-Bead Netting: An
open weave that may be used in color patters
or to implement texture and dimension just by
changing bead sizes.
- Ukraine Necklace: A
vertical form of netting whose asymmetrical
nature often forms a curve. Colorful patterning
is often employed.
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| Oglalla
Butterfly: |
A Native American technique suitable for a fluffy
freeform bracelet or necklace. |
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| Pearl
Knotting: |
Not just for pearls! Most beads look their
best when you make the effort to knot between them,
but it’s an essential for stringing pearls. |
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| Petersburg
Chain: |
A flat, decorative chain of Russion origin which
is very flexible and drapey. |
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Peyote
Amulet Bag: |
Work a small bag while learning to follow a charted
pattern. |
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| Peyote
Wave Bracelet: |
It twists and turns without increasing or decreasing
- an easy way to bring dimension to your beadwork. |
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| Picot
and Bauble Chains: |
Easy chains that can make a visual impact with
the addition of single or multiple seed beads! |
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Right
Angle Weave, Single and Multiple: |
Four-sided units make a stable bead "fabric" to
accent or leave undecorated. |
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| Russian
Flower Chain: |
Stable linear chain that can display intricate
patterning when used in multiple rows. |
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Russian
Netting with Drops:
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A narrow chain that may be doubled for a very
decorative bracelet. |
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| Russian
Spiral: |
This hollow tubular form looks completely different
if you change bead sizes. This technique may use
seed beads or a combination of seeds and bugles.
You can graduate its size or make the hollow tube
all one diameter. Bold or delicate depending
on your choice. |
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| Snowflake: |
Make snowflakes to decorate your windows - or
your earlobes. |
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| Sphere/Dodecahedron: |
Use apherical or bicone beads to make this self=supporting,
three-dimensional sculpture. |
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| Spiral
Peyote: |
A tubular form of peyote stitch, with sculptural
possibilities. |
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| Spiral
Rope Chain: |
A wonderfully versatile technique where stacks
of beads arrange themselves in a helical pattern
around a strand of "core" beads. |
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| Spiral
Robe Variations: |
You can learn even more ways to build a spiral
Rope and create surface texture as well. |
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| Square
Stitch: |
A very stable stitch that mimics loomwork in the
way the beads align themselves. Great for small
pieces. |
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| Tubular
Ndebele: |
A silky-feeling tube; it can twist or be color-patterned. |
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| Twisted
Ndebele Tube: |
The twist in this tube in induced by the inclusion
of one larger bead in every row. |
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| Ukraine
Necklace: |
Work a beautiful necklace with vertical netting! |
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| Zig-No-Zag
Chain: |
A flexible chain that can incorporate drops. Drapes
well around curves. |
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| Zig-Zag
Chain: |
A simple chain that is strong enough to use as
straps yet quick to construct. |
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