| LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
BEZELWORKS
PENDANT, FRINGE, EDGING, BAIL and STRAP |
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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 |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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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 |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 6. Determining Measurements, including
Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship
To Bead Sizes |
BEGINNER |
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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 |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 2. Implementing the Basic Stitch |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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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 |
BEGINNER |
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| 7. Increasing and Decreasing |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 8. Working Stitch in Tubular Form |
BEGINNER |
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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 |
BEGINNER |
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| 12. Working Stitch in Spiral Form |
BEGINNER |
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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 |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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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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INTERMEDIATE |
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| 5. Creating Shapes, Components and
Forms with This Stitch, and Establishing Themes |
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INTERMEDIATE |
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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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