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GAUDI'S STREETSCAPE BARCELONA BRACELET KIT, (1 unit)

$70.99

GAUDI'S STREETSCAPE BARCELONA BRACELET KIT, (1 unit)

$70.99
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Gaudi's Streetscape Barcelona Bracelet
Instructor: Warren Feld
Casa Battlo Palette (Yellow Gold and Cornflower Blue)

Intermediate Level
--Bead Weaving Sequence
--Lesson: Non-traditional use of Petersburg Chain Stitch; Using 2-hole beads in your design
--Bracelet
BW2-13-STRBARC: CasaBatllo


Instructions Digital Download

 

Become one with the romantic ceramic tilework lining the sidewalks and streets of Barcelona. Gaudi’s vivid, undulating designs are mimicked with circular peyote, right angle weave and segments of Petersburg Chain.

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NOTE: Regular retail and wholesale store discounts do not apply to kits. 

View Warren as Guest Artist on JTV.com Jewelry Television's show "Jewel School"
as he discusses this specially adapted projects for Jewelry Television.

Streetscape: Barcelona








The GAUDI'S BARCELONA BRACELET KIT
Instructions to make a 6 1/2 - 7" bracelet
Supplies to make up to an 8 1/2" bracelet

 

With This Kit, You Will Receive...

- Step by Step instructions on CD
with text, diagrams and images
- Japanese seed beads in sizes 8/0, 11/0 and 15/0
- Czechmate 2-hole beads, brick shape
- Swarovski crystal beads, Series 5328, 4mm and 3mm
- toggle clasp
- chain
- jump ring
- Fireline cable thread
- Size #12 English beading needles
- Plastic case with lid for carrying these supplies



What You Will Need To Have On Hand...

- Bees wax or microcrystalline wax
- Scissors
- Ruler, pencil and paper
- Work Surface
- Bic lighter or thread zapper
- Bead Reamer
- chain nose or flat nose pliers
- flush cutters or side cutters
- bracelet sizing cone or some way to measure your wrist
- Sufficient lighting, magnification, chair cushioning, if needed

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes, because of erratic supplies of beads and other materials, we will need to substitute something of similar color and quality.

 

 

 

Palette #1: Montjuic (chartreuse and capri)

 

 
     

 

 Colors may appear differently on different monitors.

 

 

 

 

 

Palette #2: Park Guell (red and blue amethyst)

 

 
     

Colors may appear differently on different monitors.

 

 

 

 

Palette #3: Casa Batllo (yellow and cornflower blue)

 

 

 
     

Colors may appear differently on different monitors.

 

 

 

FORMAT OPTONS

(1) KIT with Instructions on CD

(2) CD Instructions Only

 

 

 

About the Kit...

I spent a few weeks in Barcelona, Spain, and marveled at the tile work that lined every inch of every sidewalk and many square feet of many streets.     Most of it was created by Antonio Gaudi.    The designs are very alive – spirals, curly cues, frenetic lines.    And the streets of Barcelona are alive with people everywhere.     The sun is warm, the colors both vibrant and muted – the city has a fun feel to it.      And this was my inspiration.

 

Coupled with this intensive emotional sensibility was my desire to try out using the Petersburg Chain stitch in a nontraditional way.    I wanted to use segments of chain in a lacy or filigree sense.    I liked the juxtaposition of “lacy”, fluttering Petersburg Chain stitch with the harder, more defined circular peyote and right angle weave of my brick streetscape walkway.

 

I did not have a sketch first.    Instead, I let “trial-and-error” lead my stitching paths.    But once I hit on the general design, I found I had to do a lot of tweaking.    

 

I always try to build in contemporary design principles into my pieces, which include adding movement and dimensionality to my pieces.    The main task here was to determine how to connect the Petersburg Chain areas to each other and to the Streetscape skeletal structure.   You will find that my solutions involved some zig-zagged thread paths, and some resolutions of directional flows.

 

My test piece was in black and white.     As I re-did the piece and brought in color, I found I had another series of design issues to reconcile.     The piece uses a 4-color palette.     This will probably be the last piece I ever do with 4 colors.   Very difficult to pick 4 colors, given the imperfect availability of bead colors.

 

 

In this GAUDI'S BARCELONA Project...

What You Will Learn:
- Adapting the Petersburg Chain Stitch in a non-traditional way
- Manipulating "shape" and "dimension" in design, through modifications in applying the Petersburg Chain Stitch and the Right Angle Weave Stitch.
- Adding sense of "movement" to piece
- Mixing 2-hole and 1-hole beads within same piece
- Attaching a clasp assembly

 

 

 

TimeFrame:
This bracelet takes about 10-12 hours to complete

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SUPPLIES LIST, p. 4

  1. I.              Planning Your Project, p. 6

Intro – Types of Choices To Be Made In This Project, p. 6


ABOUT PETERSBURG CHAIN, p. 7
COLOR AND PATTERN, p. 7
MANAGING SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES, p. 8

Conceptualizing, p. 9

IA. Conceptualizing Your Piece, p. 9

IB. Measurement, p. 12

IC. Selecting Materials, p. 13
ID. Sketching a pattern or graph, p. 13
IE. Identifying Potential Areas of Weakness, p. 14

IF. Identifying How To Attach The Clasp, p. 14
IG. Visualizing Your Process, p. 14
IH. Organizing Your Work Space, p. 15

 

 

  1. II.            Beginning Your Project, p. 16

IIA. Basic Steps, p. 16

IIA-1.  CREATE THE SIDEWALK (Streetscape Skeletal Framework), p. 17
IIA-2.  ADD THE FLUTTER, p. 40
IIA-3.  ATTACH THE CLASP, p. 57

 

  1. IIB.  Dealing with Contingencies, p. 63

 

IIC. Finishing Touches, p. 64

 

 

  1. III.           Summary of Learning Objectives You Have Met After Accomplishing This Project, p.  65

 

  1. IV.           Next Steps, p. 69

IVA. Suggested Readings, p. 69

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

BEAD WEAVING

GAUDI'S BARCELONA BRACELET
BW2-13-STRBARC
6 ½ - 7" Bracelet
Intermediate Level

 

BEGINNER

INTERMEDIATE

ADVANCED

TECHNICAL MECHANICS

1. Selecting Materials

BEGINNER

 

 

2. Positioning Your Fingers and Hands, and Holding Your Piece To Work It

BEGINNER

 

 

3. Working with Thread, Waxing Thread, Managing Thread Tension

BEGINNER

 

 

4. Finishing Off Threads in Piece or Extending by Adding Threads

BEGINNER

 

 

5. Working with Beading Needles and Tools Used in Bead Weaving

BEGINNER

 

 

6. Reading Simple Pattern, Figure and/or Graph

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

7. Identifying Areas of Potential Weakness, and
Strategies for Dealing With These

BEGINNER

 

 

8. Determining Measurements, including Width and Length of a Piece, Especially In Relationship To Bead Sizes

BEGINNER

 

 

    

    

UNDERSTANDING CRAFT BASIS OF STITCH

1. Starting the Stitch

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

2. Implementing the Basic Stitch

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

3. Working Stitch in Flat Form

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

4. Increasing and Decreasing

 

 

 

5. Creating Simple Surface Embellishment

 

 

 

6. Creating a Simple Edging or Fringe

 

 

 

7. Finishing Off Your Piece With A Clasp Assembly

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

8. Working Stitch in Tubular Form

 

 

 

9. Working Stitch in Circular Form

BEGINNER

 

 

10. Working Stitch in Spiral Form

 

 

 

11. Working Stitch in Diagonal Form

 

 

 

12. Working Stitch in 3-Dimensions (sculptural or cubic)

 

 

 

13. Working Stitch To Create Open (Negative Spaces), and Split Forms

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

14. Embellishing the Surface of Your Piece

 

 

 

15. Elaborately Embellishing the Project, including Fringes, Edge Treatments, Bails, Straps and Connectors

 

 

 

  

  

UNDERSTANDING ART & DESIGN BASIS OF STITCH

1. Learning Implications When Choosing Different Sizes/Shapes of Beads, or Using Different Stringing Materials

 

INTERMEDIATE

 

2. Understanding That Materials Differ in Terms of W

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