They say the most difficult part of art is coming up with a strong, compelling idea, one that will capture the viewer’s eye and hold it long enough to convey a message. This theory applies to all forms of art, from the most carefully crafted stone mo18ents to the simple arrangement of colored beads on a sheet of paper. The beauty of coming up with your own beading ideas is that you can create a 2D rough textured artwork that has the quality of an 8-bit computer. Or, if you don’t want to create a flat picture, there are literally hundreds of different things you can do with your beads.
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Love Of Beads
I think I was in Boy Scouts when the beading idea of bracelets was first proposed to me. Being an eleven year old boy at the time, I was more interested in the archery and rifle shooting portions of the camp; however I can remember many nights of me and my friends sitting around a campfire, telling stories, while I was absentmindedly rolling beads and wire between my fingers. I can’t say I was doing it on purpose, but when I got back to my tent I had made my first bracelet. I wasn’t the only one. More and more people from camp started to ask for alternative beading ideas, and as such the trend of small beaded animals attached to key chains began in my life.
So Many Choices
It really is remarkable, when you think about it, how many beading ideas there actually are. With a little bit of string and some appropriately colored beads you can create anything from a turtle to a fish to a deer without any knowledge but a trivial understanding of knots. For about three years my own father had an arrowhead made out of beads attached to his truck keys.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that key chains are the only place anyone has ever thought to put different beading ideas and designs. I have seen them used as earrings, belly button rings, ankle bracelets, regular bracelets, necklaces; really the list of beading ideas just goes on and on. Perhaps the most interesting invention involving beads that I have ever seen would be the pouch made from red, while, and blue beads. Patriotism through art, albeit cheap art, but art nonetheless.
Beading ideas come from your heart. Think deep about what you want to design before you start, plan it out. Know how to loop the thread so the material will work like you want it. While it’s not a difficult task by any means, the tide of the work can change from easy to insanely impossible just by missing a loop here or there.