Jewelry Design Camp - Intensive Beading and Jewelry Making Workshops

In this project, we learn to create simple bead-drops using wire and beads, to make a coiled bead using wire, and to attach a clasp to either a thicker leather or rubber cord using a clamp, or to a cable wire using a crimp bead.

LearnToBead Goals:
- Learn to string on a thicker cord
- Learn to prepare the ends of a thicker cord, off of which to construct the clasp assembly
- Create bead drops which to string onto your cord, using wire and beads
- Make a coiled bead using wire
- Discuss working with tools and wire
- Discuss selecting appropriate wire gauge for each wire element
- Discuss what glues to use when in jewelry-making
- Discuss how the shaping of the loops at the top of a pendant drop, and through which you string, may affect the shape or silhouete of your necklace
- Discuss ideas about putting a contemporary spin on a traditional piece of jewelry

LEARNING OBJECTIVES	BEAD STRINGING ETRUSCAN BEAD DROP NECKLACE BS2.08
	BEGINNER	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCED
TECHNICAL MECHANICS
1. Holding Your Piece To Work It	BEGINNER
2. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure and/or Graph; Diagramming	BEGINNER
3. Selecting Stringing Materials	BEGINNER
4. Selecting Clasps and other Jewelry Findings
5. Selecting Beads and other Components	BEGINNER
6. Laying Out Your Piece	BEGINNER
7. Identifying Areas of Potential Weakness, and Strategies for Dealing With These	BEGINNER
8. Selecting and Using Adhesives	BEGINNER
9. Use of Tools and Equipment		INTERMEDIATE
10. Determining Measurements and Ease, including Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship To Bead Sizes		INTERMEDIATE
11. Finishing Off Threads, Cable Wires or Other Stringing Materials in Piece or Adding Threads/Cable Wires/Stringing Materials	BEGINNER


UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STRINGING METHODS
1. Starting the Piece	BEGINNER
2. Implementing the Basic Method	BEGINNER
3. Finishing Off Your Piece With A Clasp Assembly	BEGINNER
4. Managing String/Cord/Thread/Wire Tension	BEGINNER
5. Crimping
6. Needle/Thread Work
7. Pearl Knotting and Putting Knots Between Beads
8. Making Simple and Coiled Loops Using Hard Wire	BEGINNER
9. Making and Using Connectors; Segmenting; Directional Control	BEGINNER
10. Adding Dangles and Embellishments	BEGINNER
11. Making Multi-Strands Piece
12. Making Twist-Strands Piece


UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS OF BEAD STRINGING
1. Learning Implications When Choosing Different Sizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using Different Stringing Materials	BEGINNER
2. Learning Implications When Choosing Different Kinds of Clasps, or Using Different Jewelry Findings and Components
3. Understanding Relationship of this Bead Stringing Method in Comparision to Other Types of Bead Stringing or Jewelry Making Methods		INTERMEDIATE
4. Creating Support Systems Within Your Piece In Anticipation of Effects of Movement	BEGINNER
5. Understanding How Bead Asserts Its Need For Color When Stringing Beads
6. Creating Your Own Design with This Bead Stringing Method, in Reference to Jewelry Design Principles of Composition
7. Creating Shapes, Components and Forms To Use With This Bead Stringing Method, and Establishing Themes	BEGINNER


BECOMING BEAD STRINGING ARTIST & DESIGNER
1. Developing A Personal Style
2. Valuing or Pricing Your Work
3. Teaching Others Bead Stringing Methods
4. Promoting Yourself and Your Work