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The Four Essential Disciplines That You Should Master To Really Learn How To Bead
I suppose there are many individuals who would look at this article's title, "Learning How to Bead," and write it off as absurd. After all, there's not much more to the aspects of beading than there is to stringing popcorn to put 'round the Xmas Tree, right? That, and a free beading project to work on, and you're ready. How much more is there to say? What else can there be to talk about?
The truth, however, is that there is a lot more to learning how to bead than just stringing popcorn, and this article will have a closer look at what else you'll want to know.
Learning how to bead involved learning in four primary areas. They may appear innocuous enough at first glance, but upon closer examination, the inevitable conclusion is that there's much more to learning how to bead than first meets the eye.
The four essential "disciplines" you must master to really learn how to bead are as follows:
Mechanics
Patterning
Color Selection
Medium Selection/Mixing
We'll read through the particulars of these one-by-one as a means of putting you on the path to learning how to bead.
The initial step in your "learn how to bead" education is mechanics. If you don't have the mechanics down, then the rest is irrelevant. Thankfully, from a mechanics standpoint, it really is about as easy as stringing popcorn. If it can be done, then you've already gotten this aspect of learning how to bead down, but even here, there is some seductively. Did you know, for example, that when stringing pearls, you need to tie a knot on either side of the stone to prevent potential damage caused by the stones rubbing against one another? Or that there are times when you merely want to tie a loose knot as a "bead brake" on the end of the line you're not beading?
So even where the basic mechanics are concerned, there's a lot more to learning how to bead than you might first think. Certainly, however, this is the simplest of the four disciplines to master.
The next field you'll want to wrap your brain around in learning how to bead is the idea of patterning. Whole books can (and have) been published on this subject, and once you really get into it and start studying it, you'll quickly discover that of all of the disciplines, this one is the most intricate and involved. Certainly the one you'll spend the most time on when learning how to bead.
Color selection is one part art and another part science. Art students discover more about complimentary and contrasting colors as a first course, and so are a leg up in this section, but there are plenty of assets both online and off that will guide you through this field on your quest to learn how to bead. Don't think of saving here. Proper color selection can make or break your designs!
Lastly, the last major discipline to master in learning how to bead is medium selection and the correct mixing of mediums. This is mostly a practical, common sense discipline (ie., don't combine cheap plastic with your semi-precious stones!) but even here there is some subtlety to be found.
Mastering how to bead isn't rocket science, and finding a free beading project to practice with is very easy. Anyone can do it, and with practice, do it nicely. Just remember that there's a bit more to it than stringing popcorn!
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