Beads to Buckskins

In the first half of this series, (volumes one through six ) I have explained and illustrated many different techniques. Now you will learn how to put these techniques to work for you. There are hundreds of ways to use beads to your advantage. In the single capacity of jewelry, there are untold numbers of thousands of dollars earned. Beadwork is not a passing fad. It has remained through centuries and is still growing in popularity. With such a solid repertoire to build your hobby or craft business on, the chances of loosing are minimized. If you could design the ultimate beading pattern, what techniques would you use? To help inspire your imagination we have exposed a series of patterns in each volume with suggestions on arranging colors to spark ideas for creating masterpieces. You can be successful from the moment you decide to take up beading.

More like colorful sound waves for patterns. It seems the technology of automation overtakes everything as time passes. More and more people are trying to hold on to tradition. One of the few crafts that remains pretty much the same is beadwork. Nothing compares to the art of hand crafted beadwork.

Tradition still controls technique, but design warrants change in some upbeat styles of the nineties and into the twenty-first century. There seems to be a demand for bought splashed of color in contemporary flowing designs with not a lot of exact detail on shapes.

Again Melody has shown her work on these one of a kind item. This is her "Ghost" beaded purse. Along with this Eskimo Maiden with a Killer Whale at the bottom of the bottom of this wonderful work.

Again Very Nice Melody