In
this Etruscan Collar, we incorporate contemporary design and
beadweaving techniques to bring about senses of sophistication,
dimensionality, and clever craftsmanship. We discuss the roles
of bead shapes and color selections, particularly in terms of
simultaneity effects, in this 2-layered Ndebele Stitch piece.
We use a modified Ndebele/Brick Stitch to attach our two Ndebele
Stitch layers together and create a curved
interior edge, and then a book-binding stitch to add a chain
embellishment.
In the Etruscan Collar project...
Learning
Objectives :
- Creating a design-plan for a layered bead woven necklace collar
- Strategically
selecting a color palette, especially in reference to "simultaneity
effects"
- Implementing
the Ndebele Stitch using a 4mm cube and two 2mm beads to create
two strips which will later overlap
- Reinforcing
the Ndebele strips
- Attaching and assembling two layers of Ndebele Stitched strips
using a hybrid brick stitch/ndebele stitch technique
- Weaving
in a decorative chain element along the inner boundaries of
the piece, using a bookbinding stitch
- Attaching a choker clasp assembly
- Some ideas about what it means to "contemporize"
a traditional piece of jewelry
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
NDEBELE STITCH
LTB-BW3-NB-01 Etruscan
Collar
15 - 17 1/2" necklace
Intermediate/Advanced Level Class |
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BEGINNER |
INTERMEDIATE |
ADVANCED |
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TECHNICAL MECHANICS |
| 1. Managing Thread Tension |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 2. Holding Your Piece To Work It |
BEGINNER |
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| 3. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure
and/or Graph |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 4. Selecting Materials |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 5. Identifying Areas of Potential
Weakness, and
Strategies for Dealing With These |
BEGINNER |
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| 6. Determining Measurements, including
Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship
To Bead Sizes |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 7. Finishing Off Threads in Piece
or Extending by Adding Threads |
BEGINNER |
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UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH |
| 1. Starting the Stitch |
BEGINNER
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| 2. Implementing the Basic Stitch |
BEGINNER |
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| 3. Finishing Off Your Piece With
A Clasp Assembly |
BEGINNER |
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| 4. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 5. Creating a Simple Edging or Fringe |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 6. Working Stitch in Flat Form |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 7. Increasing and Decreasing |
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| 8. Working Stitch in Tubular Form |
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| 9. Working Stitch To Create Open
(Negative Spaces), and Split Forms |
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| 10. Elaborately Embellishing the
Stitch, including Fringes, Edge Treatments, Bails, Straps
and Connectors |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 11. Working Stitch in Circular Form |
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| 12. Working Stitch in Spiral Form |
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| 13. Working Stitch in Diagonal Form |
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| 14. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions
(sculptural) |
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UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS
OF STITCH |
| 1. Learning Implications When Choosing
Different Sizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using Different Stringing
Materials |
BEGINNER |
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| 2. Understanding Relationship of
this Stitch in Comparison to Other Types of Bead Weaving
Stitches |
BEGINNER |
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| 3. Understanding How Bead Asserts
Its Need For Color, Using This Stitch |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 4. Creating Your Own Design with
This Stitch, in Reference to Design Elements and Jewelry
Design Principles of Composition |
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| 5. Creating Shapes, Components and
Forms with This Stitch, and Establishing Themes |
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| 6. Building in Structural Supports,
and Other Support Elements, into the Design |
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BECOMING BEAD WEAVING ARTIST |
| 1. Developing A Personal Style |
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| 2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work |
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| 3. Teaching Others The Stitch |
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| 4. Promoting Yourself and Your Work |
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| 5. Advocating for Jewelry as "Art"
and as "Design" |
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