The reason I've never bothered with an explicit howto page for beadwork other than making glass beads is that I really only have one post worthy of the name. The rest are merely ruminations on my working methods, which probably aren't going to be of much interest to beginners because there's so little step-by-step, nor to advanced beadworkers because they'll've long since worked out their own philosophical ideas.
However, it's extremely embarressing to have to rootle around in your own site to find your own posts, and after an email inquiring about my methods, I decided to collect all the posts together that could be said to have as a major thrust technique and/or design. So here they are, in all their (in)glory.
As the number one object of inquiry and interest on my website, the bead curtain has now got its very own directory , (though I've left the old links in place) which includes some new (as of apr06) howtos, finishing the bottom , step by step design decisions for a single bead curtain strand, and...
Unfinished carpet of flowers . file created 21aug04, featured 21may05. 18oct2006
Shows a couple of in-progress shots of a necklace , and a lot of mess, but very little in the way concrete tips or tricks. 23aug2005
More playing with pis ; early 90s? (posted 14aug04) 15aug2004
This post, about the restringing job of a garnet necklace, has actual, useful tips . 22may2004
This sub-index page points you to a series of necklaces I consider to be more-or-less unique in their basic concept to me, and in which I discuss, a bit, some design philosophies. Much of that same philosophy is explicated in excrutiating detail up in the bead curtain howto posts. 22may2004
This post is in two parts : one, an (unillustrated, sorry) set of directions for basic knotting; and two, how to attach a clasp using bead tips. Why do those two get concatenated? Well, because unless I'm knotting, I never use bead tips and thread to string. 22may2004
This collection of tips and tricks dates back a decade and more, back when I mostly strung stone beads. Very dated, but perhaps some good nuggets here and there. 22may2004
file created 03dec05
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