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VA 22205.Or call -800-979-WIRE ar Fax (703) 536-3690. Or emelt mbehwige@erols com Phase allow’ 2 weeks delivery MasterCard, VISA. & artments __ Amerioan Express. Visit ws at: wunv.access.digex.net/-gihs44/ From Alices Desk « 6 < nee tins a Wad¥ C Knot spacing, nny’ potymer On weo8 Fanon, dente OOS i Beads, v Roding Your Letiers «© 11 Your Work © 14 Chic & Basy « 19 News & Reviews * 54 Beacknaking hook, Hower Video (etre | new polymer clay’ 10085, etching, Soeepen peads, European bead Nisiory nice cevetes a fs Sl ef Naser op Calendar + 59 Arlisis * 61 Anything Gocs + 66 The circle BEAD ebton DoonGs _ sfhrom ES = EADS Button and fora ye; now, ao T've been taking stack. (PT had been asked to deseribye the perfect corporate hot For ua, Twonld not, in ny wildest desires, have been able to dream up Kalmbach. 1's hard 10 inmagine that there as 1 any other publishers out there that eare so ‘muuch about their readers and their staff. And hecanse of here takes personal r and pride job. There isa wonde team spirit and eamai huere, And Id jak yo this, everyone esponnsiiliey doing an outstanding ful fecling of raderie arenind every paige of LEADS Button, We expect to be here for bf the eagainnes decades. (Two years eld, and we hope to equal their longevity!) Vd aks like to anss ver some of the questions we'se been hearing: rough the grapevine, Fist: “Hew ‘lid the Gleaming ‘Ire asines judlges {a1 Embellishment) pick the win fier" Well, as one ofthe judges (seed ead), [can cll you that we all had a ternibly hard time. Most of the eategories were ju velyeet ly pars of judges ~ it's too hard for one por est elistinctions based andl we had to make the teen ‘on nitpicky 5 crccember 17 BEAD & Burton technical details Iecause so many of the jeces were SO gore. In seed! beads, superb, pieces weren't ribbon contenders if the thread showed o the color didn't blend with, the beads; if knots showed oF a few fringes were looses ia display piece fad « funny pucker, or ifa wearable piece did't look good on a veal person or would cause pain Another question we've heard recently, especially from new ersis, “What does the word ‘weave! ‘mean in seed bescl articles” There arc two kinds of bead weaving, One ie done ona loom, andl the ather is done in your hands with only beads, ncodle, and tres, It includes pes ote stitch, brick stitch, rightangle fe siteh, and many amore, *Weave™ ameaas to briag the ncedle and thread in and ont through beads 6 create a fabric of head. When gou're weaving to end. for begin a unread, you're usally moving in a diagonal direction (or following an established thread path) so that the theead will be completely hidden inside the beads, Anal finally as a result of ane nail suggestion fiom Steve Seaford, we'd like to extend a bead challenge to yon based on an article in a recent issue. (you like the ides, we'll offer several challenges throughout the year invoking dif ferent techniques and beadrelated media, and we'd love to have you suggest challenge topies. We'll pub= lish the winners’ work in BEADS? ‘ution. Fox sour frst challenge show us what yout come up with based on Huicholstyle bead inky (ee BEB NZI; p. G1 of this issue has 2 source for gourds, not that you have to use onc), Please send pie- nires or slides of your work ne later than March 31, 1998, «0 Bead ‘Challenge, BEADE Ballon, PO Box W612, Waukesha, WI 3187-1612, awn ars es-one ey 0 fs Ka sutton) uprron, lee Kora EDITORIAL ASSISTANT. Tine Slee CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Tise Maat ART DRECTOR jane Bers vcas GRAPHIC DESIGNER Pall |. Kee ‘Grogp aaweneing vaniEe Seo vert es war eg ae sie avers Sales Nad ‘Ad Senos Represernative Sean: Netatery ‘crelinn anaes ‘Sian Neting TBD Ry soe seas sce ie esi ‘Vio Present Sai & Merkotng Pui Bub aon recor e Creation Die Mngt corporate Lecter tir Hag naga A eo ‘ree Stre 1p reach EAD & tsurton Editorial Olfices: (7368776 Est ahorael@headanchuiten.com Wore Wipe Wiss Hote Pac peta buiton.com/ customer Service: 1-400-400218 Ea cusorverserdiceetalinbuch.cam Aaverising Sales: ssi-3081544, x 618 Kt BEADS Futon (SSN 10724001, USS O12 (3) publabed. boon Kalmbach on tot, Washes, W Saleh Sila Raltach an i we ‘ivanteae Sed prin whee he writer Po tio eo pub Mee aed sei ‘oud Elson BADE Bet, 0 Box Ii Wasads, WT SBI. 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Vienva, TA22I86 23) 938-2088 FAN (208) 698-2408, esemaer 1907 BEAD € Rutan Needles A make my own twisted wire beac ing needles with 3 suwrdy sire huirpin, a sewing machine with etal bobbins that top-wind, and fine gauge wire, Bend the ends of the hairpin to a 99° angle about 4s in. from the tips with pliers, Don'tdistont the top. Put the ends of the haispin Uarough bob> bbin holes opposite each other a shown. Cut the wire three times Jonger than the desired needle, thread i through the loop of the hairpin from bark to front, and coross the wire cals elose th the hairpin. Holel the e1oss gently and, start the sewing machine slowgly as ifco wind the bobbin. As the wire bovists, side the tvist toward Lhe tend with your thumb andl index Inger, Cut at ant angle with a wire rurter. = Betty Bleich, BL Wayne, #8! Clay tools for next to nothing needed to find as inexpensive ‘say 10 supply my students with polymer clay tools. Proving, a harcware store, [fourid work 3 faces ~tileboard in 4x8 f, sheets for about $12. I's white, smooch, scratch-resisiant, waterproo!, and stinproot. For a cutting lee hardware stove cuts a sheet into 16 1x2. rectangles. (Editor's note: We Found tileboard in bull ing supply stores, but only one Le EL U would cutit) The hardware store also hs Yin. PVC pipe in 10-t. Jengchs that can be ut ints 2039 rollers under $1 total, Get it with thick walls, — Lerinda Erading Not just for dentists My beading box contains several pustal, bat invaluable, instr ments ~ dental tools. They re available over the counter i most ingjur drug stores. Fuse the fine pick and the bresad pick to help remove knot in thread, pick wp seed beats, make room for ane mare thread pass through ead, al count beads. = Brena Mater Amat, Hiver Ridge, 18 Wearing base metal Ie your're allergic to nickel, which is @ component of base metal findings and is in sterling silver, ase acl plated finds hy spraying the parts that (ouch your skin with clear Krylon! (glaze or matte fi ish —at paint or irardware stores), I don’t recommend spraying pierced earring findings, though, Respray ever 0 often, = Monette Stessin, Seattle, Wo swear ethnic silver and Get it over early My Revorite threading tip came Du you have a grot lle techniyee, « special sotation, a source far a hard-to Jind item? Share it with othey BEADS Button waders. We iustrate yous tip ‘andl pay jor each one ve publish. Send them with sough dsewings, photos, oF sample: to: Tips Editor, Bead & Bution, PO Box 1612, Waukesha, WI53187-1612from Suzanne Cooper, lao gor it fiom a student in one of Barb Grainger’s classes. Thread abour 20 needles on your spool, Then as you need more thread, just pull one ncedle with the length of thread you need, Voi = Diane EMhomoney, Milani, HE Knot control To get the spacing between beads even on a“Tin Cup” necklace (RERPA, p. 20). cata coffee stirrer the desired length and use icas.a gauge: Knot after the first bead, thread the stirrer piece on the cord, and slide ic to the knot; knot against it Slide it off over the knot and thread the next bead. ~ Corl Straus, Rye, Y or plastic? ¢ the bution Sor grain lines under a magnifier. It it has thickness, the grain Fines will go in different dinections on the so planes, as with wood Second, Hightly ep the buttor with the tip of a pencil; ivory has a hard, brittle sound. Last is the ontroversial hot needle ws. This test is conclusive for sorting plastic from isory or bone and ‘Hoes no visible harm to ivory or homes, Hold the point af a needle ina flame with pliets until it lows red. Immediately rouch the ip to the button uous spot, I the needle pene trates, itis melting plastic. If it doesn’t, the bation is bone or iors, Bone usually has flecks. Susan Corasin, Prtalnna, CA an inconspic FRANTZ eo [ae} f et iat manera Pon ne ope eee ecaritide SILVER & Grass ENAMEL Auce’s BeaD COMPANY 3852 6. Indiana Ave Miwaukes, M1 55207 ‘Thovsonds&Thevsads of SEED BEADS! 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Fa Bed Ars seg sl yor ls For Every Bead Ethusiest Te os!sinp, sean wa oun your forte tain niu were mcs af or, rend slot 1 cin oro sles po fe sone ape a it oso sick Sandcastle the a‘Wl we Letters ae Lis Manfeediat Because of your article on the awe soine wark of Liz Mantiedini, Tab scribed and ervered hack ste Keep up the great seed bead cover= age! Bath Sah, Ballon Lake, NY Juschad cw respoad w Gloria Sarkisian’ negative comments about Giz Manfeedini’s 3D Old Worn Antiss (especially healers} need 0 push the envelope and ry weminghy impossible thingwwilh thee medinn, Otherwise, the artform venisivs stag” han and wil absays be Krorsn as ral” rather than “art” Mandiecini’s figures are not meant for everyone to attempt tn make: but they're eertainls meni to impire: Everyone al orery tenet nets inspiration. Without i none oF us wettkl ever develop attisie cally, — Si ype Fava, Las Caro, CA Hooray for differen tastes Hove this sue (21 The cover is ‘ncaa andl the disagreement in the ‘eters is fun, Thank goodness you cnr’ please cxeryone, or ese the ‘world wenild Bes bawing pee Casta Sesule,cartgv@hotrvalicon Even though my taste runs © the quieter, more elegant designs, appnveiate the “Tirkies” work you stu. Nin ean Lesaa loc Fm the Sway sonicone ele works ~ even if Iteir result isaifierent front yours Where can [ind the tions liesh- waver pearls in the neo-Vietorian necklace (#20, p., U7)? — Skarsn Blonegan, Harisian, XY Me got them at Frkectice, x Brookfield, WH oe Shop Divetery Fda ses any thing oy tat cof, iz, or shape in the large catalogs herause eeadtatlty varies Ts7 yon fared toad ve or lagers shop Beno rac wal gpm Basan ne casually gd sores, to. Alice HE response Your wonderfal magarine is missing sos impart point of view: ATL atic les atid sclennees are to the fem xenelet: Don't you know hie many inales read andl enjoe our eta ae tnd enon heaelwork jastas anal women lo? Pi getting tired! af the face thae male readers are lel cx Include « He response as well She responise in the attcles, — fmt Saih, a fs, GA Help! Vath a keen amatent English beades and would lore to know where [can etsone ol the forelDeaek, chains and Gradings you unvertiae in this ‘country, for example, carving Gnd Ings lke dose by TierraCast (#19. p 14). Conld some of sour advertisers indicate whether ansone in England offers their woods? ~ Linda Straimarn, T0354. 132 mponSoroe cio Where can [ get the beads for Loutite Malcolm's necklace (#21, p 82) NL, Reo Hint, ME ines fil ip lass ry 0 ‘Oraamentad Resoures (p. 97) 01 nsw ones sand varios crystals and stone brads at Five Mountain Gems (p, 681. Shipwek ies meny mya and bea: cad Uunvrval Syaonyice {p53} snp rah sls te tng ean. — Ale Pim excited about making Gen Krcic's Victorian ornament cover (21, p. 42), bucall my maikorder sources only have 15" J1panese seed Treads, not 14°S. Where can T get 14 = Kawn R Hoes, Richardn, TX ‘Gon bgt horse Bea ed igles from Univnral Spurtgrtics (fe 333.1 fords Carn Perro, are of the 09, fil ease fn the brug a, Che Guvhs dotvmined sod Brad sie a foe fie gn as measuned cers the hole {Vicgonia-Rlakolork' book, Those Tad Beads, ids thine sneasure vals.) Motrn fopenese factories habe Airs iv brads cs 17% at they rare oseycornspal ta Ls. Avcaning by Cain. the enh eal 13° ave antiques hus. 14° ana fapeonee 15° brads ce intarchangoable. Sen 13% are usually charlets, sed beads ith oun ont, aa Mise Correction Teel compelled to point ont a cos ple of ecrors in an otherwise intrign Ing article on Lanne Merchant (418, p24) You ste that silver amneals (Strengihens smd Haaren) as ibs ‘worked and hanimierer.” No, ‘ance in isa heating process thal sofiens Inetal to nrake tt easier 1 works the sivengthening sou speak of is called work hardening.” Also, in seta work, a mandrel isa for against ‘which you shape material, he t ham: ered, folded, er wound, — Kara Carbon, KavarBenail bs uesfedt A free sodety ‘AMler bein ainaved at dhe lees trom Native Americans elieeting 10 the we of the word “peyote” by-all noi Nativs people, [rend in the arth Cle on Huichotsisle betehvork (21, pp. 2) thal we ars NOT to ase Thuachol religious sjaabology 10 ous HsGAp etaron BEADWORKS New 199¢ Catalog now available! Everything you need to bend. 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[1 100k about AT hous, andl | loved every minute ot il. ~ Katherine Robinson seed heads A Queen of Sheba Queen of Sheba is made with metal, beads, anifacts, and Hberglass: She mea siies 20821839 in, andl is part of ant on-going series of sealptures focusing on women of the Bil efron a feminist point al view. The Queen is weatherproof which enables her to be placed in mysacred eitele onaside. Some of the other sculpoures in the circle are Mary tlhe Messiah; lve ~ Messenger of Love and Knnosstedge; id Lilith, Adsum’s fnst wile, — Rhoda juss4 Tiny Christmas magic My miniature stocking was inspired by Judith Baker Montano and is pieced together ov at sewing machine like a erazy quilt When Tembellish it, I follow my instincts for color and texture and cover each seam with beads, ribbon, buttons, oF cord. Like to ake each stocking look like collage. When L began « us beads in my embroidery, [ cred a familial pastern. 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Whe castle or not, this easily jewels in you live in a sily: made bun panion ades a bit of elegance to an ordinary chignon. Ut starts as a small circle, then grows larger round by round. Ifyou have kets of hair, vou may wish to adel another rund or (wo, aeding 1 more main color bead to he pa tern each time, Hold it up to you! Dun to see honv well it the cirele into a small cup, string the final round on elastic thread with Fewer beac. Wear jor bint companion by putting your hair ina ponyual, teisting it, and ple ing the bun companion over it Then secure it with a hair stick or To Fo a few hairpins to help support the weight of the beads, lep by step. Rownd 1: Start with 6 ft. of thread, waxed and doubled. Swing 7 MG heads and tie into a tight circle, Secure the knot with a dot of glue of clear nail polish. Addl thread as needed, Round 2: Swing 1 MG, 1 CC, TMG, LCG, 7 MG, | 6G, and 1 MC bead: pass the need Ubroaggh the next head in the cen: ter circle, making 2 loop. Keeping the thread tight, pass the needle Unronigls die last MG anid CC a & oeqos'® figure 1 pends addled (Ggure 1). Adel 7 MG, 1CG,7 MG, 1 CG, and L MC bead. Go throngh the nest bead in the center circle, Repeat for 4 more loops, For the last loop, string 7 MC, 1 OC, and 7 MG beads. Bring the needle throngh the first MC and the first CC bead strung on the first loop, owned 3: Bass the needle through the first loop to exit the Bead Workshop in Paradise Il Feb. 22-25, 1996 Sarasota, Florida ‘This slanficant boading event wil. bo ‘avait by Diane Frzgeral. 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Seo product review i Issue #21 Basic Model - $75 +85 S11 Basic Fas $004 $5 SH Deluxe Model - $1704 $10 SHE ‘Tue Reetver’s Fire P.O. Box 66012 Pertland. OR 97290 800.100.6866 visa.8 0 2 ao IpoereBaleportcom ape tnnevttoporcont toa figure 2 6 bead atthe tip (ligase 2). This ets you to the starting point of she next round, Repeat foe each round except the fast, Thread BMC, 1 CC, 3 MC beads amd pase the needle tuouglt dhe CG bea atthe tip of the next round 2 loop (Ggure 3) Konnd 4: Work as rou 3, Dut string 6 MC, LCC, 6 MC beach, Raaind 3. Work as round 5, bot string 7 MC, LCG, 7 MC bead, Rowyed 6: Thvead 8 MC, LCC 8 MC beads, For mest peaple, this is the last regular round HE the A A LN figure 3 2G beads ave sinall holes, substi- tate MC beads in this round. When finished, de offand glee the knot Round 3 Switch to doubled or Wipled clastic thread. Sting 5 MC beads between cach CU bead on the final round. Cheek the fit before you tie bff and seal the Ino. Wait until rhe knots are dry to try on your bun companion, Thee a header and barker seh if gic the opportaniy, eon asiver to Princess TeaGideted eee GE ae ves : fy, Huge SELECTION OF Pe we i Tade Beads 5 ete, > i ot “ah Badges Clas ~ Coyote las Aatlews (Deer, Moose, Eb) Tanne LEAtpER Bian aed, Commercial taned | Cometate Line sf laned fu 4 12845 mois Tal tora Are You Bewitched and Beguiled by BEADS? Come.and experience 1997 Catalog Fetoglyphs - Goddesses ‘Steving or Bronze Comocnents BODACIOUS BEADS SHOW in Philadelphia im 1998: ee icin please contact: IMPORTER : DELICA BEADS ANTIQUE BEADS 449°Merion Avenue - HIRSCH DESIGNS 7OOO N. 16H SRE, SUITE 120-181 HaddorifieldyNew Jersey 08033 ) Drvanracnr T (608) 428-9960 — 2 $1.00 96008 ‘Wolesa Catalog $3.00Vintage beads make classic unique by Ava Motherwell ee ‘#lass beads made in Germany and Austria in the late 19th and carly 20th cenmuries. The taste! strands include unussial heads such as sidle-hole and flower cap beads. vo classes unite when you string ovorhote vintage pressed glass bets for a timeless lariat6, Sing the beads forthe first STEP DY STEP asct onthe second end. (Be sure Teochoke beads make these hottom | To finish the tse unique. Sat by stringing beads" auinyra small ica, 3-4 seed cack for the first tassel then the body of and a side-hole bead. Sting 3-4 the necklace: Enel with the frst non aed bead then go beck tamed on the other end. Use asec> through the sll beat and Ge & | ond cond tostring the second tar part knot ~ te halla square sel and dhe body Uasongh the Jot in front of, behind, then in second hole of the tworhole beads, front of the cord (photo b). Go Make four tassels on each enc, throngh a few more beads: repeat ranging fiom 24 in. long. Seal all Go darough 24 more beads knois with clear nail polish, 7. Repeat step 1, but make the 1. Thread a needle with cord second tassel a different length, vice ay long as the finished lariat Start this tassel at the second end plus 10 in, Double itand tiea fat of the necklace. Then bring the nor at the end. needle through the Lémm bead, 2 Suing seca and small ancl string 7-10 seerl beads, go through, medinm beads for the first tassel. the L0-L4mim bead, and string 67 3. Then string a 16mm bea, seed beads, Surg Unrough: ure 7-10 seca beads, L-l4mm bead, second hole of the two-hole bead. T seed beads, and the Gist uvo- String seed beads between the . hole bead. String through only two-hole and flat heads {pheto ©) . one hole of the twohole bead. 8. Make the second tassel at the Fora nonsmmetrical twerhole other « ishing with a sicle- bead such as these tiangles, go hole bead! as in step 6. through the same hole on each ©. To string the third and bead (plow a). Sourthy assets on each end, thread, 4. Continue stringing 7 seed the needle with 36 in, of cords beads herwcen each two-hole double and knot it with a large bead, Alter the sixth tso-hole Ano}, String the third tassel, £0 bead, string 6-7 seed heads, then 2 through the Himrn bead, add 7-10, flat bead. Repeat this pattern a seed beads, go through the LO- {otal of eight times. [4mm bead, and make a part 5 End with a ninth repeat of knot (photo d). Knot off the oworhole heads and seed heads, four tassel alter the 16mm bese Phen sting the other 10-L4mim. | bead, 7-10 seed beads, sand the Aca lies in the Sierras near Necada other Lemm heael. City, CA, She imports buropecns lass beads for hor wholesale ead company, Blue Heron seul, and fratuces The Whole Bead Shen Materials (42in-dong necklace) i #2 Beads, Himm or larger | + 2 Beads, 10-Ltiamn © 8 Flat or secnt-flat beads, ranging from 81mm, 24 Assorted tassel beads 34 Tworhole beads. 1 Tube 11 beads Size 1 beading cord #12 Beading needle | + Clear nail polish | nek ves aaa pet by te READ & Rulon —Pecember 4793A New Medium for an Old Art Translating Huichol seed bead art into polymer clay Za by Sue Balestreri and Marion Agnew y siser Sue was an experi enced bead artist before she hecame known For her polywer clay canework, Bur seeing. Hluichel beadwork almost inspired her to reaurn to seetl beads. She says, “I bought a gourd, cleaned it cout, and dried it; and [bought beeswax and seed ay Decernne tour BEAD & Ruston, beads so I could try beading the inside of a bowl. Rut then 1 thought, why aot make it out of polsmer clay instead?" IL wat a: match made in heaven. Sue's lox ‘of smallseale, intricate desig fits right in with the Huichols’ symbolic aul detailed patterns (see BES #21), The beauty of her technieiie is that it ean be ilapted easily 10 any taste said style. These sith Tess enthusiasm for complexity can create simpler designsMaterials *¢ 5 2oz, Packages of polymer clay: | each of (Peal eeay nie conceal shadow Colors of each (For example: blue, red range, blue shadove (blue + orange). rede orange shodow (red-orange + bluegreen) * brick-sitch graph paper for Czech seed beats + Tissue bhace + Optionak a color wheel Design and color Iryou suudy a Huichl beaded item, you will see Una the design is bricked ~ che beads im ane row fit into the cured spaces hewveen the beads in the previous row, The best way to plan a design is to use graph Paper meant for brick stitch. For your first project, design a simple shape, like the rake pattern at left, The larger your design, the larger in cir- ‘cumference your finished cane will be, which can make seduction difficult Note You can’t ave perpendlie- lar lines in a bricked design. Ifyou have straight vertical lines, you won't have straight horizontsl lines; and if you rote the paper 90°, you'll have straight horizontal lines but hot straight vertical Hines, To mimic the effect of seed heads, youll need two ‘or more colors (here A and B) plus shadows color for each. The shadow colors (here AL and BL) out line the “beads” and give the illusion of holes. You will need more of colors A snd Bb than of the shadow colors, bur there Is no magic formula for determin ing the exact amounts you'll need to mis. Nain colors should hase bright and a dull color ora warm and a cool one Sue Tikes to use ssin colorsone position assay from being complements (such as purple asad yelleny= green, a right). When only black is used as the sl ‘ow (as in Sue's necklace on p. 24), i quenches the design colors. Because Ure colors look beter when tte shaciow isn’ so dense, its hest 16 mix a custom shadow for each color. For example, ifyour bead cok or is yellow-green, mix in its complement (rea-violed) litle at a time to dull it and black wo darken it. Add yellow clay to dull the purple and darken it ith, black. Stop 28 soon as it’s dark enough tn look differ ent. The exact amount of each color you'll need vavies, Sue starts with abour one part main eolor, one-eighth part complement, ane one-sixteench part food contrast, perhaps a i black, Another advantage to custom mixing is hat your trinunings of the design color plus its shadeww color will yield a third related color that you ean use for finishing touches or coordinating beads. Step by step Sue produces the effect of Huichol beadivork by sucking bull’seye canes of color into a design. ‘There are really only four very simple steps: Chart a design. and buy or mix colors, make a bazillion litle bull's eye bead canes, arrange them into the finished design, and reduce the design cane to the desired finished size. An ideal way 10 work on this project is to alternare bewyeen making canes and reducing, thet. ‘This gives the clay a chance to reste you some variety Making bead canes To figure out how many bead canes you need, count the number of “beads” of each color in your desige. Using our dimensions, you will get 10-12 Lin-long seginents fom each roll (the number will ary ~ one of the mssteries of polymer ciay)."fo make our snake design, you need 37 segment of A/Al for the snake and £9 of B/BI for the backgronnd fat least 4.\/L rolk and 6 B/BI rolls). Ifyou have trouble reducing ‘canes dat are larger in diameter than they ate tong, consider building tie design cane with longer se ments. (Don’t use segments shorter thon Lin.) Every roll must be the same size, so measure precisely and. be as consistent as possible. 1. Roll color AL to a log the diameter of a bam boo skewer, 2. Roll.a sheet of color A to #1 thickness with @ pasia machine [about %ie in, ~ the lower numbers are thicker), Roll a sheet of Al to #5 thickness(papershin), Cat each into Linavide strips 3. Cuta Lin, length from the AL log for the Dead cenier and place it along the edge of the color A shect, Wrap the log in the sheet, pushing the log back agains! the wrap with your dhumbs to be sure it’s snug, Because the log has « small diameter and Ue sheet is thick, the inside and outside diameters of the weap will be differ eat. Bring the sheet around the log. touches itself: Uien uuaroll part say, Place ‘your tissue blade just behind the mark made by the inside edge of the clay sheet (loward the Jog] and ent diagonally (phow a). Revol aud carefully seal the se starting with the inside center. Be sure the nside edges meet hefore sealing (phot b). 4. Place this rell on the sheet of color AL and roll upas in step 3 Don’t overlap the edkges ‘of the seam (photo e}. 5. To make the next roll, fip the strip of cal: or A over so the dauted edge goes the correct wap and repeat fiir step 3, Let the rolls rest for at Teast 1530 min. before, redacing them, Reducing, Reduce each bead cane to the diameiey of a bamboo skewer (it will be at least 104n, long), To reduee, roll the eane, moving your hands back and forth evenly on it asit lengthens. Keep the diameter consistent, he thine working on the thicker pkices and avoiding, ict ones, Sometimes it helps to raise the elongating cane next to where you're working. Italso helps 10 roll i¢ out hulfivay al let it rest while you do some- thing else, Finish reducing the cane after dhe clay nas cooled and become less siretelyy, Lrim the ends, Hii Pecerber ita? READ éffauttan Assembling the Design Cu the reduced bead cane into Lin, (or longer) pieces, Following the chart, stack the rolls, begin ning with the center raw and working upward. Even though you rolled out every log perfectly (of course!) some will be a lite larger and some a lite smaller in diameter, Use the smaller ones for the inner beads ~ this helps offset the tendency for the outside of the final design cane to reduce more than the inside, Make sure each segment is straight and contacts neighboring segments all around (photo 4d). fone segment varies in thickness, try wo lay i next to one dat varies in thickness the opposite way so the overall design will remain symmetrical Afier you have constructed several rows, press ther together gently, taking care to maintain the round shape of the heads. Add several mare rows of canes and gently press tog Finishing When the design is finished, roll out threads of color BL and ext them into 1 in. lengths, Place thread in the Vshaped space between each outside bead eanc to help it stay round as you reduce. Wrap the entire constrttion in sheet of color BL (the shadow eo! or of the ouside ro). You Cioose the thickness (phow e}, Let the cane rest for at least 24 hrs. Then, redluce it o the desired size. Beane the diameter of the cane is probably greater than its length, reducing itsill be tricky. Try squeezing gently and turning the cane in your bane. Be careful 10 tintain dhe pror portion of the sides and angle. I you discaver a bet ter method, tell us what you did! Let the came rest Then cut it nw Hein, slices. It you plan to use them as beads, puta hole through cach slice from top to bottom with a needle oF pin tool. To make a pin or barrette, join the slices 10. ing of clay in the shadow eolor Curve the clay around the barre Gnding oF press in the pin hack before baking. Bake according to the manufac turer's directions for utes on brown paper to prevent shiny spots. Turn off the oven and let the Clay coo! slowly inside. Vein. be ‘The sore comple, the beter” Sue sys about muaing pole cy canes. She recendiy macs io Pay Basert, CA, fom Tieson, AZ, Maron is acuviterin Bi Callin CO. She loves wey thing about heads ooking at theo, ake sng thing nod the, cand avguiving them.Slip & Slide Silver and crystals make a dainty necklace by Linda Satow BS SS HS jj Step by step Ae Wrapped tops \ cathe af he a pnt se Tre 1 ing ti ple nyth nnd shores! the Apo yor ehsinone per ost ink, Materials eee eesti bes oui rarer ear ‘Bey il Rasps cams BIBS BS OSES GHPearls for a Princess Jeweling the clasp of a multi-strand choker by Louise Matcotm hat makes a classic classic? ae qualities Tassociate with class jewelry are a beauty that ne looks wite ane scends fashion comfortable, Pearls are a puted classic, and the three fourstrand choker of medium to ange pearls dat clasps in front ‘wilh stunning jewel ef diamonds and colored stanes has been around since Vietor breathes elegance crystal cousin) int fashion celebrity magavines on princesses, brides, and society I The necklace shown here is ‘easy to siving using cord and bead Lips. The trick to the project is the lasp. Without a jewel to cover nd clasp find © quietly classic choker ~ nice you merely hav mulii-strand pe bur not dhe princess look, Originally, T dhought about mak- ing my princess necklace with a fauis jewel, but I decided that it looked too obsiously false, Then bored that semipree stone cabochous ate readily avail- able and inexpensive, So T went 10 fone of the local bead stores and picked! out three amethyst cabor cchons, a Targe one for the neck- lace and small ones for mateli carrings. Jody Young's bution An easy bead appliphd and swinging prrject this part aad jewel choker feces its cte from the pearl sapphire, and diamond necklace that Princess Diane ma 28 pecomber tr BEAD &¢Butionbrooch (BEB #18) provided the technical inspiration [needed to design my clasp, Step by step ‘You use only two teehiniques in this necklace. For the clasp jewel appliqué beads around a eaho- chon. Aker stifening the finished Jjowel and covering the hack with a small scrap of fabric, glue it 10 the top of the clasp. While the glue dries string three strands of pearls, with or without knots, (L consider knots essential with, pcarly; hey mnake even fitae pearls ook real) Finally, attach the strands to the holes on the clasp. (if your necklace bas more strands than the finding, has holes, attach ‘a small split ring te each hole, hen hook pvo or three strands 10 ‘each split ring. This way yo e use a ve-sirand clasp for a four strand nectlace, or you can make 8 gorgeous seven strand ficewed Materials 156-158 8mm Faux pearls #13 1 Bead cord, #355 oF FF © Twisted wire beading needles © 6 Gold clamshell bead tips = Clear nail polish #1 Semi-precious stone or glass cabochon, 10s mim oval or 12-14mm round, *# 10-60 253mm Faux pemls + 64mm Austrian erystals # L Hank 12° gold charloxtes (ent seed beads) #8 yd. Gold lame knit fabric # V4 yd. Suede cloth knit fabric or felt (white) ins. Plastic from milk jug #1 Gold Strand ckusp sith a fat top ‘#.Nema B thread, schite or ash * Beading nevdle, #19 or 12 #5000 glue # Tacky gine + Al or Epin, chainnose pliers crystal piece) Fer matching ear= sings, make (ve simaller jewels, glue them to post findings, and hang a pearl from the loop on each, The necklace wil feel eight to put on but will be comfortable when clasped Making the jewel Yon may wish ty experiment with sour own designs, depending on the size and shape of your cabo- chon. You might ako prefer a dit: ferent backing fabric. Fehose knit amé because its sparkle shows throug che cabochon to increase the look of precious jewelry and it Soesn' travel 1. Cata Bin, square of lamé and another of suede cloth or felt Place them together ith the right sides ont, Carefully apply F000 10 be back of the eaboclion; dox spread itall the way to the edge Press the stone onto the center of ie lame (phow a). Some of the glue will go through the Jamé Joining itto the suede dloth. Allow ‘o dry for 15-80 sain, 2. Thread a beading needle swith about 1 yd. of Nymo Band Knot the ends together. Bring ehe needle up through the fabric from the ack about I charlorte's width beyond the cabochon, 3, Fora round eabochon as shown, alternately string 2 or 3 charloves and 1 crystal, ending with the sixth erystal. The beads should just barely go around the stone, If they fit loosely, decrease the number of charlottes between, crystals. Go durough the first group of charloties and the first cerystal again (photo b). Go through the cloth to the back, 4, Now couch denen the circle of beacls by making a tiny stivel over the thread between evo char lottesin each group (photo ©) 5, Bring the needle the front just before the next erystal and go through it. String the same munnber of charlottes (2 oF 3) and go through the next ys tal. Continue around, filling out the beadwork heaween the crys tals (phow d). Afier going through the last erystal, bring the needle te the wrong side, Do not couch this 10%. 6. Come back out the top hall'a pearl’s width beyond the first ring. String enough pears o surround. the ring tightly and go throughring and w possible without entting thread. Par the cloth cutout on the milk, jug plastic and trace the hole in the cloth with a peneil (photo f) Then cut out the plastic circle, Trim it to the size of the all-pearl -e around piece of lame. Then glue che plas fic aver the stitching with FBO 9. Trim the squate of lame 44 in, besond the plastic and apply a the first two a pearls benween every other bead. 7. For the final ring, aliermate 8 charlottes and I pear! all the way around, You may need 10 remove for add a charlotte or owe for a snug ring, Couch down beoveen charloties in each group. After couching, come up right before the next pearl and go through it ‘Then string the same number of charloutes beween each pearl (photo e). Bring the thread (o the ack and knor it off securely 8 Trim the suede cloth as close to the final round of couching as thin tin F 1, Repeat steps | and 2 of "Making the jewel.” 2. Altemate complet a snug.tiuing ring around che stone. Then couch it down between cach pair of char Totes. Siting a second round of 28 charlottes between each pearl 3. End the thread securely on the hack and finish che jewel as in steps 8-10. 4. Mark the horizontal centerline of the jew elon the back and bond the earring finding to it with che Dnding’s center slightly above de charlottes and 1 pear! to of E6U00 sronnd the edge of the phastic with a woot pick, Fold the lamé over enio the luc se 0 fabric shows beyond the beadwork (photo g). 10. Trim about 4 in, off around the small lame cirele and ilue it over the plastic and the raw edge of the rolled Lame with tacky ine. Allow to dry 11. To attach the elasp, mark: the horizontal centerline of the cabochon on the wrong, side, Apply a dab of E6000 the size of the top of the clasp a tiny bit ahove the center an the wong side of the jewel and another to the (op of the clasp. Wait 10 min; then press the glued surfaces ‘together, aligning the horizontal centerline just below the center jewel’s and the loop at the bottom. 5. Pata large pearl then a bell eap on a head pin (ifthe pears hole Is 100 large and the head pin slips inside, string a charlotte before the pearl). Cut the head pin, leaving 4 in. of wire and make a loop abave the bell cap. Atuich iLto the loop on the earring finding. (IC your finding doesn’t have a loop, attach the loop of the head pin to the botiom loop of beads on the jewel.) Make the second earring. Materials #2 8mm Peavls oe igre lieve © 2 Head pins ence ener game tes See teare ciate easlis cpa ceed ce Bin *8.Gaboctions lOmin or 7sOuun oa) +12142531mm Fans pears 4 Size 19% gold chusloure a] Sh aeished strand plus 8 in, ifyou plan to knot. (you sill be double knotting, use six i isheel length.) Thread ona twisted wire needle and knot the ends together with ovo oyerhand knots on top of each other. Seal the not with nail polish, Wh trim the tail close and si Inead tip so that the knot is inside, nes the fin- ary a, Hyou don’t pkan to kaot, holes on the clasp (photo b). Let dhe bond cure for 2 bn string the length of pearls needed, Lip. Seal itand lip dhe til elose ob H'you plan to knot bergen when di pearls, suing about 2 fewer beads 5, Press each bead tip closed than your measurement requines, with ehainnose pliers. Aitach the ‘Stringing the pearl strands 1, Measure your neck just above the hollow at your throat. The bot tout strand should si¢here (my heck measures 13 in.) subuact the hole-tohole width of the clasp (14 in.) aud the fengdh of 2 bead tips (in,), The longest strand should ‘equal the remainder (12 in) ‘Make caci strand one bead short: er than the strand below. 8. Cura length of bead cord four times the length of the fin- The karot Pearl knotting String all the beads for the strand before you begin knotting. Yon may need 10 add or remove: a bead or to at the end make the strand the desired finished Be length. Use a doubled cord twice the length of the neck. ace plus 8 in, Phe knots will take up a Jot of space and cord, Push all the beads PF down the cord toward the needle to make the firs. uot igainst the bead tip. Use an awl ora Tpin Lo position euch knot right against the bead before final tightening, as follews 1. Make aa overland knot by looping the cord around the middle three fingers of your Left hand, Put the end with the knatted beads (or the bead tip) through the loop between your first andl second fingers (photo 2) 2 Insert the awl into dhe loop Then knot as shown helow. 4, When the pearl strand is the right length (ond with a knotif knotting), string through the sec- ‘ond bead tip inte the el Chvoll the needle and te dhe wo ends togecher inside the clamshell with several square knots (photo, 1), making sure the strand of Ieads is tight bur not buckled. be large: enoug that it can’t pull through the bead Trst strand (0 the clasp’s boom. holes to test the fir. Ifthe strand is ‘bit ight, it might do for one of the shorter strands; it’s too Jong redo it, Make rwo more strands, teach one bead shorter 6, Finally, hook the bead tips of each strand to the clasp (shortest aL the top). Lacie i 0 contsibuting elitor to BEAD Baton, from the knotted end of the necklace (photo b). 5. Drop the loop off your Fingers and pull dhe cord toward the lefi, Keep the ats] in the loop and slide it toward the bead (photo ¢). {IC it doesn’t slide, wy puuing the axel into the loop from the other direction.) This positions the knot against the bead while keeping it from tightening prematurely 4. When dhe loop is tiny, at the tip of the avs], and right against the bead, pop it off the al Up, Pull tie 660 strands apart to tighten the knot (plaoen a). Slide dhe next bead to the knot and repeat steps [-4, Knot after the last bead, : Many fix pearls have Targe holes. To make a large enough kaot, use the thickest doubled bead cord you can. If the knot is stil not large enough, make ita double knot by passing the strand through the Toop twice in step L (as done here). READ Rutten necemer ioe 4hen Fbegan designing sik ribbon embroidery, [found that one of the prettiest stitches is the spiderweb rose. Then I read “Silken Spokes” (BE°B #5), and the spokes of the Dorset. but= tons reminded me of the base af a spiderweb rose. 1 revised the spokes slightly, the idea worked, and Tas able to add a dainty rose to the center of the Dorset Dutton. There is no place to add rose leaves toa Dutton, se I wrap the ring in green perle cotton for a touch of greenery. Many color eombi- Materials n. Bone or plastic ring #45 Perle cotton, green dm Silk ribbon, pink or red + Blunt apestry needle, (18-22 j2 reenber tor READ Ratton, nations cant be used to match rose buttons to any them divecily to your clots le, contiit. And gou ean ing hecavse they're Step by step Using perle couon, wrap the ring with buttons Mitehes, When its covered, sew the web spokes inside the ring, anchoring at five points, Finally weave the silk ribbon through the warp spokes, beginning at the center and working outward, Wrapping the ring 1. Thread the needle with 11410 2 vi, of perle cotton and pull hall the thread through the ring easing a long tail, Anchor the dread with your left and and crass over the ring: then come backthrough the center (photo a) 2. To make the frst Duutonhole sich, go through the loop of read from front 1 back and pull it tight leaving a knot on the ouiside edge For subsequent but tombole stitches, make a Joop of thread bebind and outside the sing, bring the thread end trough the ring trom Irack to front and through the loop from front to back (photo b) ‘Continue around the ting uns you run our of thread, Resume knosting in che opposite disection with the other halt of the threud, When yous near the short il, hold it against the ring and batonbole over it (pho- te). After eovering the ring tighely. push the Jaiots toyettace ancl add afew more. 3. Don’t let the wrap. 1g Ist as you push De dee ie Rilde of the ring. The semain- ing thread should be long enough to use for he web, Hit isn's endl it by going through a few knots, Thread the ace: le with Y2yd. of perle cotton and anchor the new strand by stitching into several knots with 2- Sting running stitches Winding the web spokes ‘The web (warp) consist of five spokes that are evenly spacect 1 Set itech ie Ret Al ipiow 4). Siig Ue oead seiop we cene le me (i veer los oe oe ie 2. Thread through the knots around one-quarter of the ving to bring the needle in position for the second spake. Loop it aver the center of the first threud and back to ie: staring point, again anchor irig in the knots, 3. Thread through the knots about three-cighths of the way around the ring to start the third spoke Loop the thread around the others at the cemer and bring it hack to the ring, anchoring it about one. cighth of the way from the cad of Ue first spoke Weaving the ribbon 1 ‘Unread the needle with 16 in, of sik ribbon Run the needle through the tail of the ribbon to anchor it in th eye. Leaving a Lin, tail in back, site to the feont through the center and weave the ribbon ver and under the five spokes until they are filled. Pull the first eww itches tight to cover the ‘web at ube cemier (pore ©). then celax the ribbon amd let it fold ike petals as you weave aroun (phot 0. 2. When the spokes are full (photo g}, bring the needle to the back, sew through the begine ning tal several times, and win the enc needle’s Attaching the button Thread te needle with 4 yard of perle cotton tand eross the hack of the ring from side to side three times, anchoring in dhe knot each time. Work buttonhote stitch ing around the group of strands (photo hy 10 rnake a sitank so you can sev the button to fabric, Anchor the end of the tread under th knots Neacy is evlaonnst anak trier who Five in St. Pas MIN, She has designed ose suite embroidery jor 20 ser,Modern Tribal The beadwork of Tis Mal Crow by Mimi Holmesis Mal Crow has what you might call « rnusical feel for bees, anid he plays them by ear with a passion that speaks to people of all cultures. He doesa’t real beadwork patterns in books: writ. ten instructions have no logical order that he can discern, So he egan his apprenticeship in heads boy having elders tewch hia what Ley knew: Over the years, he’s worked on beadwork with ot least 20 wachers and en mooseliair embrvielery with three others, Now he has enough knowledge in his fingers and his mind to look at any piere of heackwork and figus out how w replicate ig and oF course, he makes many things from his imagination, synthesizing taditional concepts into a modem, 2th century expression Tis Malis thar rare artist who ‘ean shape his talent to different ends, creating ivems that appeal to wide variety of people ~ fron Native Americas traditionaliscs to Euro-American collectors, who are dazzled by his signature bear clas necklaces with their ontrageous color schemes and fabulos antique trade beads. In fact, ‘Tis Mal does so many different gppes of beadlork drat iv’s hare to believe a single artist created it al, Recently, he finished the 43rd In his series of bear claw neck Laces. Twenry grizzly hear claws range in size from about 12 inch 5 t0 3 inches long, and each is tathed in leather and headed in tcl. These function as elal- orate spacers for the larger antique beads of the nechlace herons, feather beads, milleliori, white hearts, and gresy bicones, Tis Mal uses top qualicy antique African trade beads (anywhere from several hundred to several howsandl dollars worth in each seklice), His large claw and cooth necklaces astaally nave at least three strands of them ~ sometimes more ~and he jazes lap. these “hasie” hackgrauind strands with dhe occasional bronze bead. His stringing design draws your eyes around the necklace, and there is usually a medicine hag or a talismanic pendant in rong the piece is most often counterweighted in back with a long strip of beaded or quill. worked leather and long headed strands with jingles, AU far tft: Pas Mat strings his bead vad wolf ans with three strands of trade and brass beds. The counter ivight atthe back featres axel work medicine wheel and sirands with dew clare fingles (ecuertsy of Charlee and Robert Bxerningham), Above: One af Tis Mal’s amazing grialy bear nechlaces has three rads of trade beads cand cs med ine pouch. The counterweight is Naga sell nud thimble jinglesBackground Tis Mal ie a Native American ot Hitehiti (Heech: tee) and Lumbee desernt, two Nations from the south 1 United States, Born andl raised in Michigan, he fie ished school in Sr. Pan, MN, He traces his interest in beads to a charsetcr in mythology, the Bead. Spitter, who, beeanse of an inees- uous relationship, spit owt beads, rather than words, when he talked. Tis Mal remembers first seeing beads at about age seven. A year lave, he was turning eu foee- form peyote stitch earrings and “tnetian” y iains to ear mones. Exe a5 youth he began recoygizing the tnany pavallels in beadlsork across causes ~ lke che rine he leaned a stitch called "Mexican lace” that he already knew as doublewseave in his culture His interest in antique wade Tis Mal Crow's beaded bear claw necklace by Mimi Holmes Twas fortunate to attend one of Tis Mal's workshops in which he generously shared his beaded hear claw technique. (This ar le Is published with his pern sion.) Tis Mal uses lane stitch heading to decorate the leather that he wraps and sews tightly around each claw. Although the stitch is not hard, ittakes prac tice to be able to sew straight, even rows of beads, Step by step Wrapping the claw Thread a sze 10 needle il ceoatarablesras spread Of Nymo D, Snap itabout three unit through beesvax, Double the thread and knot the ends. 92, The size and shape of the leather depends on the sire of the bear ca. but in dept Should range beteeen 1 and 114 in, for mote) (0 allow for the eavlgorke Got tbe plece 03 hat the bottom edge that grips the claw is pinked and just barely fits around the claw with a little stretching. Angle the sides slight. ly'as shewa in photo a to accom modate the shape of the top of the claw. The leather should extend above the claw at Teast 4 in, Sew a running stitch across the bottom edge 14 in, above the pinked edge {photo a} 3, Place the leather around the claw, suede side out, and sew across to catch the other edge Pull dght, stetching 2 bit, so the edges meet and stitch across the join several times (photo b) Done correctly, the bear claw ‘won't fall out. Do not use glue. 4, Whipstitch the two eriges together until you reach the fold. Knot and cut the tread, Beading the leather wrap Phan one or two bands of lane stitch using an odd number of seed beads [this allows you to have a design with 2 center and