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Dr cal 1-806-578-MNRE or Fax (703) 596-3680, Or emai mnebuigaerols com lease allow 2 weeks delivers MasterCard. VISA, & American Express. igox nal-gthOAd/ 1 EPaon otahim Alice s Des ee his i the frst issue of BEADS ) Briton «fil yer it's appropriate to lookback along the road we've wavelled. At the beginning. we were all filled with onndlese enthusissm and certainty that ever tone would realize nat ‘our magazine supplied just shat ad been iss ing in hisor her life. Bul, strange as itmmay seem, theve are sii a few people aut there wha haven't yet discovered the heawy, delight, andl peace of having and working ith eels and buttons. We continue raving fun spreading the messige.) As the magazine grew, so did the wealth of wonder lal work people sd shave with each other Seeing what you all have been doing has heen a great pleasure anita humbling expe: rience, You are all so talented faad creative Coven thaw of you sho siy you're not!). Your werk and your ideas have Aooded me and ADCS Bruton with ceaseless inspiration, “Thank you so much for your geacresiy Even in the bate umes of year three, you were always there ~ caring passienately about the su viol of BEADS Bation nd caving abut me persemally. [know Fe told you many times hove rach your kind thoughts anit wishes helpedt, but Fl never he ahle to express my gratitude adequate atthe end of that yeur we to Kalmbach, and since then we've gromn said iamproved in 3 series of giaat stops. Nove we're working on phins 1 make this filth aniversary’ year (rue Ty sperial. Fran't tell vou two much a this point hecarse nothing is final yet But all the signs are there for even thicker issics with more artiles ane depaarianents andl sever- al special projects, intcluding our first hook, hlich I will have finished editing, bs the time you real this 6 Sebnew lk HEAD @ tution We're all looking, forward to actendinis Embellishmenc® July 16-19. (Che show ‘opens wlficially on the Thi, nat preview and the “Meet the Teachers Reception,” which, we're sponsoring again fare on the evening, of the 16th.) Irs hard to boelieve that his will be the fourth Embellishment and hat sve starter ie with Quilts, In when BEA was less than a sear ald Ti, ton, has just gotten etter and better. We're happy to uy to answer any questions you may have about the show, but tie people who run it are down in Houston at Quilts, inc,, so you'll need ‘o comttet them fora Fegistnation brochure or ather ques: liens. expect this year's shaw to be swonderlul: the teachers are great — 1 a's et tiv ike about a large room fill of heads, but tons. jewelry, Findings, books, ce, that yo! ean buy dao like to remind you about the contes! we announced in the last ise: iF yon enjoy this first one, we'd like t0 offer more Bead Challenges throughout the year. For tite first Bead Ghallenge, please show us what vou come up with based on the Tuichisbatyle bese inlay (BER) You don't have to restrict yourself to 2 gourd; one woman Me heard from is asing a rock sand another i covering a board. How about a plas- tic toy ar model? Please send us pic tues or slides of vour work, which ‘sill be judged for ercativcy, design. and technique, Winners vill be pub> lished. 'Thhe devlline is Marel 3L Send your entry Beal Challenge, BAD & Bidtion, PO lox L6L2 Waukesha, WE 53187-1612 Tha pin at center in by Rasbava MsGuive, Hor ante on traashucent sffets a polymer cay canes (p. 30} is fascinating, And Fexpecially love “bug beads” answer, ution prtor Ace Korth ASSASTANT EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT el Sth CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, Taiise Nalolin ART DIRECTOR, Jane BorteLuchs GRAPIUC DESIGNER Patt. 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Wonders Comte «as Enobellishent” "97 gf 7 Midnight Madness by Dede Leupold Unfallen Leaves by Judith Skinner Snake Beads by Sue Balestreri $SSizzle " by Jan Van Yuytrs De RR rts 2 Si, Le Se Sprina 1998 SCHEDULE Manchestes, Nil ICouumsus, OH... INew Canmoutron, MD... Feb.27-Mar.y Denver, CO. ISoumrie:D ii... Earrings « Geld « Sliver * Opals + Diamonds Peas « Crysials « Setings 1 Aw BIA¥ 3:40 AX Worid of Gems, Beads & Jewelry ee hed [asts=#-Vey cro International Gem & Jewelry Shovr* Out of beads? Add memory! | Not long ago, Lused the peyote stitch t bead around a shert piece of ply nylon rope for a bangle bracelet, Unfortunately, 1 1 UL Of beads before Teould finish, [really liked the bracelet. So, first [took the peyote tube off the rope = very carefully: Then 1 removed one ply from the rope Teaving evo. Next I slipped the peyote tube hack on the rope Finally, I ee memory wire into. the Lube andl wove each end closeel. = Catherine Musian, Lockport, H. ‘Teaching kids beadweaving Befove ule kids wrive, have the Jooms warped, the beading Cyreads cut, and the needles Cnreaded and pinned up high, Set bp stations to hand out graph paper and crayons for designing, to demonstrate how to weave, and (o pick out beads, During the sie the kids arc leaving long tails sand dhat ube tails are tucked out of the way. They can also help with the: initial knoe sad the first row; untangle thicads; and super vise collecting needles, cleaning up, and putting away the mater. als. — Jeanne Lefingwelt, Mosc, 1D Those are your tips Picture perfect buttons Nobody likes punching the heles | naite board to mount buttons, bur here are two tnals that make the job much exsier, and you probably already have them. small flathead screwdriver with & short bundle makes a perfect ree- {angular hole for shank buttons, Ree The shape of the hole keeps them, from spinning on the card so. they're always pietwre perfect, And dig ont those two-pronged corn cob holders you never use They make great hole punches for sexwthrongh butions, — Mrlanie Pavwons, Nar, VA Making points When the holes in my beads are too small fora Uneadedl needlle to. pass through, I eoat the last inch Of the thread with cyanoacrylate glue. Mler it dries, the thread is So rigid that you can ¢ point with a pair of scissors. ~ Shea Wohitvey, Durango, CO Presentation, presentation The first sule of retail sales is loea- ion, location, location, But sec- ond is presentation! I's diffi to find good quality findin Do yeu aie a great tite teclnapur, a special soutien, a sense fer & hard-to find item? Share it with other BEADE? Button reader, Wet ‘and pay for each one we padish, Sera deem with rough iustrations to: Fips Editor, Bead & Button, PO Box 1612, Waukesha, W155187-1612 iMtastraie sos tipif'you plan to sell your work, it’s worth the effort. Last night 1 helped a wonderful artist price her work One of her necklaces will easly sell for about 2: than the others simply because she uned sterling silver findings aul wrapped loops. Another with wonderful beads and beautiful wire wrapping lost 25% in value because she'd used lenequalty wire, We added $587 to the eost of the pieces, but we could have added §15-$40 to the price of each necklace if she had used qualiyy find ‘Abo, take an ‘make some very simple ears to match your pieces. Customers often comment that one of the deciding factors in a purchase is that they won't have to search for sarrings. ~ Wheat Cary Swoage, MD Knot contral-part IT Lused Carol Suaus’s coifve stirrer tip (REER#22, p.9), when Tmade my “Tin Gup” necklace (BEE #21, p. 20). However; I adapted it so Tcould suring sll the beads oa the cord before beginning « knot. Use a cofive stirrer gauge, Dutslititalong the entire length. Knotafier the first bead, slip the stirrer onto the cord through the slit, and knot against it. 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All of us, regardless of our heritage, need te realice dat our survival depenes on biological diversity, When your down worl, your hod is nat healthy: you don’t haw: 3 good life, When our shared world, this phinet, isnot healthy on = Hols Phot IL yould like to ty to bead a bear slave following your alveys excelent instructions, but Ess distressed tha you didn't mention an alternative tnediten. Bor os 6 like to ee ot halle such as claws and tel suggest the Fire Mountain Gems cata log (see hack cover). They nere sell *ferboa:” claw that are handmade by a family in Utah Sierry Lachtenvaines Leomberetie, laaue #21 What an absolutely great issue! meant to write sooner but got imolved making the Viewrian ern inc ewer Finally ul oi Ta seed ara fee way. A pero her worry heads at hone an ry one of these to fondle. T waa a Uallery One ta see the Haichal pieces ani nearly dropped that snake when L red it over and save the price. 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There's another vessel with ‘black and white rallleon p. 46. sit conseructed the samne way Intend to cape these works, lowe to add this technique to my reperteine. — joy MeCtar, Insflensierratel com Did ising on @ Fok in which sulfa: il be espera, bt i the msn time: The raf ste center tft i “iy Bax: A Seonpler™is mode ty srieging 2 bingth of ids ew oetong cee of rig angle wer off the strand ith cack bad forming the base af « site. Fry Dawid sng 12 has lotanon var op Bed om th right angle were rom tien Land maker face aout tose. The st rf Sleen the vessel (p58 mae by sneees Ing rapidly on surcesive rows of right woigle were. Ta incase, instead 9 srg ing 2 burs fre sick om vn fer the [isting 2. On the neat num gone emia to 2 top ads mae ath ine The Mack and whate ruff % reade > ‘mereasing raped in poy shch (e BRP MIB, f. 23). — Alon ops! no source When 1 received my fst copy of your magazine (#22), 1 was wotally impressed with not only the magavine anid the way is put together, but alto the quality ofthe designs andl ideas, There iva Hak: problem, howeser, Tve looked eversshere for two-hole heats feacured in the beautiful frat on the cover, but I can't find anything even “lose. 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The sale, lumi nosity. and interaction ‘of color aml fightin lanpsworking ghiss has captivated me, A recur ring theme in my work, hhas been a fascination with single-cell life forms Irom both the plant ancl animal Kingdom, Whether Fin working in clay, paper, bronze, or Forms sglass, the pox Keep appearing. These beads are the artistic saan of the parts of lite = Gail Crosman-Moare Heart, stars, and pine cones, (First place - polymer clay) My polymer clay obsession, began in August 1993, iwhen I took a class on flower and checker board canes. I joined the National Polymer Clay Guild and auended the yearly retreats, Embellishenent, anel aay other class [ could manage. The pine cone bead was inspired by a Japanese silk pattem of a pineappleshaped design. ‘The heart and the star evolved almost a year later Thad a dream about the heart bead, When Tawoke the next morning, T nade it! I showed the hearts to a friend of mine who said he dl like to see this technique done as a civele, and so the star was bora, — Jane Brobst ‘Everything for the Traditional and Contemporary Reader Tipanee Beas] Grach Rope \aeataaver«00- | Dpto Quad Corker RenCy. fend, Poem SID, TTOOSON, AZ. vemcary LPotmary Bakinor MD...Febmary 27 sre (reansbr, Mar 58 Mionsaplis,MM rene Maze 2890 Detesit, M1. _ Sly 1b12 July 73818 dy 2. 2418.06 _ September O4L4212 sua Selene 27-28 ‘A The Bride (First place ~ mixed media) Scobie 224 HH 10cm) long, ‘When the glue is dry. clip the thread tails Irina teaches this tcknique cou others ae in esis, Erlesiea, in Brockpield, i BEAD @nuton retain’ 198837Ceremonial robes of the Pacific Northwest by Wendy Ellsworth y Dist encounter with Northwest coast button robes wits during a visit to the Denver Art Museu int the early 1970s. I stood wanstixed in front ofa dis play cise, compleiely ovenwiielmed ~ ot just by the eanty of the garments in front of me but also by thei unspoken power. As a head artist, I nad the urge to cre ate one For myself althotuh anany years would pass before | finally made one with the be pearl butions [inherited from my Early a motheroF ens from Russia ae C duced woolen clot vu buitons wo the Northwest rade items in exchange for hides naterials replaced ¢ruditional walivan (uskahapedd shelly) and abalone shells, Prominent among such i the Hnidson’s Ray blanker, which bec the prim sift given at feasts called “potlatches.” By the mnid-1800s,, Dution robes had begun to be made with these blan- kets, The original inspiration for adding buttons to Ukese ceremonial robes is umknown; though i's proba Ile that the coastal tribes saw the similarity between motherof pearl buttons and cut abalone shells, which ey had used as decoration on carvings and ceremont all garments for centuries, The buttons were inexpen- sive, readily availabh outining crests appliquéd onto the blankess, sa) rade item, sand per feet for ‘The power of ceremonial robes The crests depict yarions animals such as Raven, ther hk cendary creatures like Sisiut! the rwo-headed serpent Killershale, Beaver; and Eagle, as we Baels proclaims the rank or social status of the ownereee engass essa teste Prin ar : al (= attest i aed he + oeanid his/her hereditary rights, obligations, and pore ers, Line: ‘cis marrilineal in Northwest coast tribes, so women pass their crests to their ehikiben slong, with their family’s status and privileges, Fach amily owns is own erests, and permission has to be given (0 use a crest Ural was not directly inherited. In arte tion, pari of Natice tradition required that before a penon could own orwear a bution rabe with a crest, hey she hal w give a teast or potlatch, The itwitedt guests served av witnesses ta the claim of ownership oof the crest ane! in turn validated chat claim. Button Tobes were waly to he worn at special events such as the raising of a (otem pole, a porlatch, oF to cove Afterwards, the blanket would be passed on 10 the heir of the deceased These days there is the colfin of its owner «disagreement about the ype of occasion ar which the use of cere robes is appropriate. In addition to their t role at potlatches, they are ge part of educational and politieal activities people also siill salue them as a means of portraying: hisorie rights and privileges, communicating a shared identity, and designating the wearer's place in today's quickly changing world, In 1985, traveling exitibition of hutton robes was; organized by Silver Harris for the Adelaide Festival Cente in Australia. The title of the exhibition and hook was Kabes of Power ~ Tete Poles on Clith, Twenty Mankets were created for this tour from cight Indian hadons ~"Tubhian/Tlingit, Tsimshian, Nisigs, Gitksan, Haida, Kwagiull, Heiltsuk, and Westcorst fiGonal Ing aceepiance as fo eben tome READ Raton eee de eed Dee eee Coe a ere eer eee cu ed Ce ena ee and 1,554 mother-af pear! buttons to com ee OL MORES Ey ced CeCe tes Sree oe The geographical region of these peoples stretches northward from the northwvesters tip of Varicouver Isiand (o Yakuutat Bay in Alaska and includes the many iskinds along the coast. The result was a remarkable celebration of the uniqueness of these cultures repr resented Unroug an art form whose power is unmistakable. The exhibition also sparked a renewed sense of pride in their tribal her itages that had survived under ground when governmental policies were targeting the elimination of traditional and rimals in an effort ta aitnilate no the White culture Native people Making a button robe As the Uitle of the book and exhibition suggests there ica direct relationship betw mn three-dlimen sioaal tote pole crests and dhe gyoatinensional crest on robes, The design of a crest belongs to the artist or carver; while Uke border designs for a robe are the expressions of the sewer, Once th Gesign has been agr the se robe. Generally, she culs the crest fram one piece of felted material, often red, and htand-sews it toa blan- et, usually black or navy: Because the applique material is felt, she doesirChave t worry about fine ishing the raw edges. She then outlines the entire des rest o¢i npor fer makes the igh with small mosherof pearl or plastic butions Nest she adds a border (usually red) along the sides and the top edge, mirering the top corners and oiten The sewer can put designs of her own choice along the border. Most rehes de not are a botiom horder Decause it would impede movement when the mote is danced. But many robes do have a button tab dial joins the sides at the chest According to Esther Shea, an SOsearole membe; of the Tlingit ibe were designed by men and sewn by woes, Women vere forbidden to touch men’s took, IS all changed now. Women carve * Fsthe Traditionally all button robes snl design blanksMeals Iradiann Carrie Sohes wears the elaborate button. robe she made in 1984 dure ina are prenticeship wth i 10 Carnie the right 10 0 these tc ald farm evets. dowhb headed risers at the top anal a doublefin Ailler sina holes Pho front views shay Carrie's ‘aura bender desivn, «dove Beshended raven learned to make button rebes from her motlaer, She asks her sons to design crests for her robes and has age in Kerchikan, AK. ie Sykes, a member of the Haida tribe, was Jht to make button robes by her grandmother: 4c inherited about 150 designs collected over a period from her grandmother. Her button oft was completed in LOR4 during an appren: Licesbip with her isalso skilled at traditional baske of which she teaches to native ehildeen, She current ly works for the Central Couneil of the Haida and Tlingit tribes, Carrie sells some of he Natives but reepucsts that, they not be tional manner (for dancing). IN to the power and beanty af these robes, by ‘usiex at Totem Her 50 x robe rane mother, Vesta Johnson. Carrie Wee 10 the Northwest wribes goes much deeper They represent a bridge [rom the past, through the presen ing on to, acknowle: nto the future; tor the freedom of moc eve possibilities comes vuly with the smicnt of one's personal history. A sett bradovtist (000 BEPB MIS, p 17), Weady mains a pri sete sas in Bucks conn, PA. Carrie's 1997 k erfally dep der family tote, She use ‘oppligué and a site floss ren ning stiteh to ttacle a we file covet fo the back of the vibe Buttons oxtine the cwst, eee fing the onter fine of stiching Rusnning site defines i details aed hoels the ed sloth s Se cave rue prt of it aay to reveal the black underneath. The ted file can be kftas is rated with more rotsBeaded embroidery stitches embellish everything by Naney Eha i aking eruy quilts was all the rage in Viewrian times. They combined lace, ribbon, buttons, beading, and painting with embroidery, sewing, andl appliqué. Favorite subjects for the: quilts were ‘animals, childsen, flowers, and Japanese motif, Ciuy quills are purely cscorative and were usually raped over furniture. In 2 chilly parlor, they mnay have covered a lap while entertaining. Silk, sa6n, and velvet seraps were the fabries of choire for these quilts, Unfortunately, these delicate fabries hele logether with lavishly embroidered patterns, did not sage well. A Victorian crary «quilt in good condition is truly a rave find, My crazy quilt, “All Things Od are New Again” at right, emulares the Victorian technique of erabellish- ing seams with embroidery stitches. But in this piece. can vary. Not all 11° beads are the same size or the embroidery stitches are all beads, Ifyou have lit- shape. For smooth lines, choose round beads rather Uc or no experience ssith embroidery, you won’Lbe than evlinder bead ata disadvantage. Experienced embroiderers vill The lines om the patterns indicate the position of need tn focus on new needle placements aad tech size 11 reads, except for the fans, as hey he on the niques In addition, you mast holel the beads in fabric, Size 14" heads will yield smoother lines, place with your fingers until they are secure because greater detail, and a more delicate look, Deady do no. behave: Tike floss, However, yeu cunt Embellishments co the stitches are optional (see change colors without re-threaling the needle! In abox and detail photos on p. 14) addition to crazy quilts, these stitches also look great The ends of the illustiated fines are where he on yokes, table runners, lapels, ct ao beads enc! and where the needle either eomes sp rigors down threngh the fbi Thveadl teusion cau uiake a big difference in is t the finished crazy beading pattern Use a hoop or anetchcr bam on help koxp He Bi For this project, use sizes 11° and 8 seed beads. The rie flat while beading, Caution: you can't umber of beads you need for the paticrns on p. 44. move a hoop onto headed sections 42 Feonary toa READ S#itutton pe{ | ng patterns 1. Enlarge or reduce one of the patterns (upper Fight, p. +4} on a copy machine if necessary. Then cover the pattern with a sheet of wansparent, stiff plastic (a page protector for a S-ring binder is inex pensive and works fine). Uhis will prevent the mark- ef irom damaging your master patiemn 2, Lay a sheet of tissue paper over the plastic and trace the patiern with a fine-tip marker: Ifyou need longer dssue patton, move the master down, con ect, and trace another section, 3. Pin the lisse partemn to the fabric, Avoidl prob- lems by using enly one tissue pat tern ata time. Bead over the tissue foreach of the crazy beading pat terns, Tear away the dssue when alo you finish that pattern. 3 Materials = Transparent, stiff plastic * Fine felt tip marker # Tissue paper = Suaight pins © Quilt, table runner, etc, # Seed beads in various col ors ~ sizes 11*, 8, and 14 © 6.7mm Bngle heads. = Nemo D bead thread #12 Beading needle Embroidery hoop ar streccher frame Fans Suraigh? Fines su 8° seed beats with an 11 stop beads. Atsinll dots either sew on one seerd bead, ora seed bead wsith a stop bead, 1, Sew am 8° bead with an 11* stop bead on each, lange civele 2, Sew bugles radiating [rom the 8, one fan ata time (photo a), Iry using a bugle combined with an) LL" bee 43, Options: Substitute 8° for the 11°s, usin only asa stop bead, Each fan now shares an neighboring fan. Afeer securing 8 with an 1 Stop bead, Tn a curved line of LL's through all the stop beads on the fan edges. This outlines and connects the fans asith ant $ paticrn (detail photo at bottom leti, p. 4), il for bugle beads, Lange circles are an Ut wth a BEAD & Baton bebmere 1008 43Fans Feather Stitch Cretan Stitch All beads are M1 seed beads. Beads, not just thread, cross dover beads at the bottom of each U. Work from te top to the botte 1. Sering enough beads (form the firs. U. Then, bring the nee- dle to the ‘wrong side of the fabrie ar the other exud of the Uy 28indicated by the num- berson the pattern. Itis beiter wo haves one too few than one too many beads in the U. 2. Start each succes: sive U by bringing the needlle up inside the ictpomt of each pre- ceding U. Suing the heads for the U. Pull ge tiyto form a rounded ¥ and bring the needle to the wrong side ofthe fab- ricar the other end of the U (point 4 piowo b). 1.Siring about 2 more 8. Repeat heads thant can fie itt siep 2 Anchor straight ine between poiats the istroune- 1 and 2 ed V wich 3 2. Aller the first titel, seed beads. each stiteh will pall sightly amd bend where it crosses Cretan stitch over the previous siteh Alleadsare (photo ci. ITyou have the size L1°sced right number of beads and beads The good tension, dhe beads wil beads cross he tight to the fabric booadls at each X. intersection. Nays ok, OM the Beadin™ Sitch one come Vath. ens sy fading in plete distorted details ued as achniques ant Xat atime as suppert for uncovering nour om indicated by ative ptontal, Ae intros Ue muurnbers asthe, aed aris she ies 4 on the pattern, $%, Pek EN, READ (RutanLani Ching: Beads are the pinwheels in glass by Alice Korach Jor of people are shocked ha F'n pharmacist when they see my beadls, but the twovaren’t really s0 dilfer- eat, Ework with ciny Tite colored things all the time and even get some of my best head eolor ideas from pills lobo! research goes inta choosing te colors for pills because of the psschological implications of colors” says Lani Ching, the exe- ator of meticulously patierned glass beads Lani goes on, “E think that 2 lot of technical people are attracted to making glass beads ecause of the intriguing physical ancl chemical properties of glass, In glass chemistry, yom take earth metals annd combine th potash, andl lime for amazing colors; and glass dle ith sand, plays the physical properties of both a liquid and solid ar the sume time. It a Faseinating, material vith unlisted potential that T will never be able to explore completely. And the wonderful thing about making glass beael is that after using the technical side of my brain to understand its prop- enties, [get to use the creative side to make and use the bead.” Lan has been quiely making beads in her axement studio in her spare time for the last five years. “T started doing stained glass andl fusing, bout six years ago. Then took a three-hour Ieadenaking clas at the local stained glass stores soon alter that I stopped making stained glass it was too hare on my hates “After taking that first bead class, Lied to watch several beadmaking vieleos and