How did you get intersted in beading?
mkahogan
I thought this might be an interesting topic.
Here is my story:
I never thought that I had any artistic tendencies until my daughter entered
preschool and got into "projects". OMG! That little girl saved every thing
she got her hands on because "I might use this for a project" which, by the
way, is very cute when it comes of a four year old's mouth and she is
holding a gum wrapper, or a toilet paper cylinder, or the pop bottle cap.
But, I digress. I would sit down with her and do the painting and scultping
and collages,and I realized that I loved it. We also had lots of wonderful
kids books and the colors and illustrations were so beautiful and unique
that they were inspirational too. I realized that I loved color.
Around the same time, my husband and I took a couple of courses in pottery
on the wheel. He excelled at this. I liked doing it,but my balance is not
great so it was hard for me to get a piece well balanced, etc. The potters
wife (then) was into beading and that was really what inspired me to try my
hand at that. I was also getting interested in rocks and semiprecious
stones and caves at the time, and that tied in with the bead stuff.
On labor day weekend, about 4 years ago, I drove to my first bead store. I
spent 210 dollars!!! Yikes, we all know how fast that goes.
I started looking at Bead and Button and things on the interent and I was
hooked. I found that I had a knack for stringing and color choice and bead
placement. I have been doing it ever since. It has been a door for me to
meet lots of wonderful people and learn something of the art show circuit.
So, what's your story?
Kathy (from Wisconsin) not NV- the master storyteller.
Carol
After 16 years of marriage my husband knows it's not a fad! I'm not happy
unless I'm creating something!
I am a Jack of all trades but a master of none! I can sew just about anything
but cloths dont' come out so good, I can use just about any saw you put in
front of me on any piece of wood. And paint it when it's finished. I've done
floral things a little bit. My brother and I made some wreaths with china
pieces put in with some other things like gloves, silverware, and hankies. Sold
about 20 of them in a show one year for $100 each. My brother and I started to
get into pottery just before he died. I'd love to learn how to throw on a
wheel. My son is insterested in that too. I don't think I could ever have the
set up for that though. Too much space, mess, and expensive exquipment. I've
done poly clay a little when a friend of mine showed me how to do Santa heads.
My daughter is really good at poly clay sculpting. We played yesterday and
covered ink pens.
Now, what got me started into doing beads .... I was looking on ebay at red,
white, and blue bracelets after 9-11. I started making them on memory wire.
Sold quite a few of them too. I started looking online at things to make with
seed beads and just started researching it and get interested in that. I really
like lampworking. Took the class and can't wait until I can get my own set up.
(hopefully this month) The bug has bit!
Amy, Jim & Charlie
most any art form and art media, including but not limited to oil, acrylic
and watercolor paints, charcoal, pencil, pen, oil pastels, chalk pastels,
crayon, marker, embroidery thread, sewing, quilting, painting, drawing,
photography, pottery, beading, wire-jewelry making, cross-stitch....etc.
etc. etc. My problem with a lot of the crafts is that if it is not
fairly-immediately gratifying, I tend to not finish the project. Beading,
however, I always finish.
But my foray into beading began when I was young, probably about 11 or 12,
and a very wonderful friend and mentor who I hung out with quite often, one
rainy day got out her box of beads and said "want to make a bracelet?" I
made two, very plain and simple with seed beads and one larger focal bead
threaded on nylon-coated wire, finished with crimp beads and lobster clasps.
I was hooked. She also introduced me to Byzantium's in Columbus OH (now I
can't remember who it is who is also from Columbus) when they were still on
King Ave. In turn I came home with my new-found art form and dragged my
mother back to the bead store, where she promptly became addicted as well. I
have evolved my beading into more complicated bracelets and rings, and have
learned peyote, although I don't do much with peyote. One Christmas I also
crossed over into needlepoint projects which were essentially
cross-stitching with beads and made a few tree ornaments. There were a few
years where my mom and I tried Fimo but I never got very good at making the
very small millefiore like I wanted to.
Well, that's my story :)
Amy
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mkahogan
I envy your relationship with your sister-in-law. Sounds fun.
Kathy
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> In article <AHb19.3130$xf1.1...@typhoon.kc.rr.com>,
> mkah...@imeplace.com says...
>
> > So, what's your story?
>
> especially when my daughter was in school. But I think the
> one to blame for my bead addiction is my sister in law (she
> probably says the same thing about me). We were best
> friends in high school, and we always seemed to have an
> affinity for all kinds of funky art. In fact, we have so
> many things in common, it's almost bizarre! We even have
> the same taste in men - sort of (we married twins!).
>
> Anyway, over the years we've taken all kinds of classes
> together (pottery, ceramics, painting...). About three
> years ago we discovered polymer clay, and immediately got
> hooked. We knew about all the things one can do with PC,
> but for some reason, beadmaking was what attracted us the
> most. Working with PC prompted us to try lampworking, and
> of course a beadmaking class followed. Then we decided to
> try our hand at PMC, and at this point we're considering a
> PMC ring class at the upcoming Bead Fest in October.
>
> A couple of years ago my SIL dragged me to an ACC show here
> in Baltimore, and we've been hooked on art shows, bead
> shows, etc. ever since. When we're not doing the PC, PMC,
> glass, or show thing, we feed our addiction by browsing
> (and spending way too much $$!) at the LBS.
>
> Our husbands wonder if this "fad" will end. By the looks
> of it, I don't think it will! :)
Jeanne Harney
wrote:
>Hello Beaders!!!
>
>I thought this might be an interesting topic.
>So, what's your story?
It's all Tink's fault.
As for crafting, I've done that all my life. I kind of had to...I
grew up with an artist for a mother. My problem is/was that if I
tried something and it didn't come out as well as mama's, I'd never do
another project. Period. There was no "learning curve". The only
things I was REALLY good at were sewing and counted cross stitch. The
things I suck most at are drawing/painting etc. I have NO talent. I
have all these grandiose ideas and I make stick figures. I don't even
try any more. Oh, and tatting. I've taken *3* classes. I think the
little old lady (she must have been 700 years old) at my first class
had it right. She grabbed the tatting shuttle out of my hands and
told me to go learn crocheting or something.
Tink has taught me quite a few things...she taught me to make little
bears, and I actually won an award with one. I liked making them just
about as much as she did, though <G>
This bead thing, though...much as you all have heard that I never
finish anything, that's not quite true. The beadweaving thing takes a
long time, and I had issues with tops and bottoms on tubular peyote,
but I'm doing a lot of strung bracelets and giving them away to my
"kids" at the coffeehouse where I work on my beads a lot.
I do like just organizing and sorting and arranging and playing with
my beads as much as making things though...
Jeanne
mkahogan
> fairly-immediately gratifying, I tend to not finish the project. Beading,
> however, I always finish.
put the extra effort and time into beading. With most other things, I have
zero patience.
She also introduced me to Byzantium's in Columbus OH (now I
In't Becki in Ohio?
Thanks for responding!!
Kathy
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Cleo
ago told me to pick three colours of her seed beads and then FORCED me to
make one earring. I really didn't want to, but picked the colours to make
her happy. I now own about 1000 bottles of seed beads, and about 20
different delica beads, and earring hooks, and necklace clasps, and barette
findings, etc. I'm presently in the process of beading a jean jacket, which
I've wanted to do for quite some time. And am making a choker for
Christmas. I don't have the time I used to have, now that I work full time
out of the house, but am trying to get back into the swing of it. If only
my computer wouldn't lure me online as often.......
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bluemaxx
her Native American roots in the lae 80's. The rest is history. :)
--
Linda
Rachel T.
Ever since I can remember, I've been doing artsy-craftsy stuff. Mostly drawing.
Then my gramma got me some tri beads. Did nothing with them except string them
and hang them from here name sign on her porch. That woman left them there
untill they fell off. She's kept just about everything I've ever done. God love
grammas.
Then it went to art classes in high school. Painting, charcoal, oriental ink
painting, wheel pottery ( which, IMO, isn't that hard to get down ) etc.
Basically, I had beads laying around, my first real project was loom work,
which for me is easy for some reason. I got tired of never finding what I
wanted jewelry-wise in stores, so I started making things for myself. Now I
have so much stuff I can't wear it all!
A lot of it I do because I get bored very easy, and love to find things around
the house (or otherwise) to make things out of.
R.T.
~~Needs a new name to end confusion and save on typing. I'm thinking
"Puddlerump" !