RUSSIAN CHAIN STITCH BRACELET

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Petersburg Chain Rope Bracelet

DESCRIPTION:

I was at a point in time where I had to develop a new Petersburg Chain project for our classes.    The Traditional project, I felt, had been done to death, and while very appealing, it was no longer anything special.     The project had to be relatively simple, yet elegant and sophisticated, and truthfully, had to be more appealing than the traditional project design.     So, I used a more prominent bead to connect the two strips, then turned this project into a rope by connecting the sides together.   

I am very focused on redefining bead weaving stitches in architectural terms.   At the core, this means determining what about the stitch is supportive of “shape”, and what about the stitch is supportive of “movement, drape and flow.”   It became clear that every pair of Petersburg Chain Stitch rows is connected with what functions as a “box joint”.    Based on this understanding, I developed a simple Chain Stitch, also relying on the architectural properties of a “box joint”.    I used this simple Russian Chain Stitch to connect the two sides of the bracelet into a rope.

SKILL LEVEL REQUIRED:

Advanced Beginner Level

PREREQUISITES:

ORIENTATION TO BEADS AND JEWELRY FINDINGS
(All students are required to begin our curriculum with this ORIENTATION CLASS.    The Orientation Class is offered once a month.)

BEAD WEAVING BASICS (or equivalent)

GOALS:

- Learn Petersburg Chain and Simple Chain stitches
- Learn about architectural bases of chain stitches and how they provide structural supports for (a) shape, and (b) movement
- Learn to attach a button clasp 

PROJECT/TASKS:

1. Make 2 Petersburg Chain strips
2. Connect the two strips
3. Use simple chain stitch to turn flat beadwork into rope
4. Attach button clasp assembly

SKILLS LEARNED:

1. Petersburg Chain Stitch
2. Simple Chain Stitch
3. Use of button clasp 

SUPPLIES REQUIRED: