Sunflower from beads: a master class. Sunflower from beads: scheme
Such an amazing decorative material asbeads, affects not only its history, but also a variety of applications. We bring to your attention some facts from the history of beadwork and a master class on making sunflower.
The history of the beads
Beads in ancient times attracted attentioncraftsmen all over the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that his story begins before the birth of Christ. Even then, the Egyptians wore clothes adorned with similar beads. In Russia, this art appeared in the IX century. Beads were decorated with shirts, harem pants, belts and even shoes.
For a long time making beads in Europeonly Venetian masters were engaged, who received secrets of art from Byzantium. On the Italian island of Murano, along with various vessels, mirrors and buttons, glass beads were born, which were sold throughout Europe, in the countries of East Africa, and America.
Today the most famous beads are Czech, German, Japanese and Russian.
Types of beads in beading
In beadwork beads of various types are used. Depending on the material of the production of beads is divided into:
- plastic;
- glass;
- stone;
- made of bone;
- metal;
- from seashells;
- from pearls;
- from corals;
- made of precious stones;
- from synthetic materials;
- wooden;
- paper;
- from plants and their grains.
The size of the diameter of the beads is from millimeter to several centimeters. But traditional are plastic or glass beads the size of a few millimeters.
Beadwork Art
Used materials and tools
What do you need for beadwork? Of course, today there is a huge variety of both materials used and tools. Even experienced masters do not always have time to follow the news in this area. But still the main list of necessary things exists.
Materials | Instruments |
Beads | Nippers |
Beads | Narrow pliers |
Bugle | Scissors |
Paillettes | Needles (ordinary, gypsy, arcuate) |
Wire (elastic metal with a diameter of 0.5-0.6 mm for the base and soft with a diameter of 0.2-0.4 mm for small parts) | Thimble |
Threads (floss, sewing, knitting) | Small containers (to expand beads by type for convenience) |
Clear varnish | Pliers round |
Weaving flowers from beads
Flowers from beads (sunflower, camomile, hyacinths,tulips, poppies, lilies of the valley, lilac and many others) - the most popular type of handicrafts. They can be used as women's jewelry (for example, a brooch), decorative elements of the interior, such as figurines or paintings.
In the care of such products are very simple: they can wipe, wash, wash. The undoubted advantage of beaded flowers is that they do not wilt.
The process of creating crafts can be involvedchildren and friends. Novice masters should practice doing single flowers, and only then begin to create whole compositions. Advanced masters can weave even wedding bouquets.
Mosaic bead weaving: sunflower
Technique "mosaic" is quite simple. Especially in order to make a sunflower from beads. The scheme of work is not difficult for beginners. As a result, you get a very bright and cute flower.
Necessary materials:
- Czech beads opaque yellow number 10;
- Czech beads opaque black number 10;
- Czech beads opaque green and light green number 10;
- beads "Atlas" yellow;
- needle for beads number 12;
- wire or thread.
If you decide to make a sunflower from beads, weaving scheme presented below will help you with this.
Sunflower from beads: master class
To create this flower will need to attacha little effort, but it's worth it. First you need to strung 10 meters of beads on a wire, preparing a few low. In this case, the middle of the sunflower is performed by the method of crossed axes. Now you can proceed directly to making a beautiful sunflower from beads.
Master Class:
- Twist the ends of the four pieces of wire together.(galvanized) and connect with a string of beads. Create rounded arcs between the axes, while increasing the number of beads until the arc is six centimeters. Cut the wire thread, but not the ends of the axes.
- Make forty pairs of petals for the corolla. Considering that each has two petals of different size - one large, the other smaller.
- Connect all the petals in pairs by the methodtwisting wire. In this case, the sequence must be observed - smaller petals are fastened with three pairs of arcs on the central axis two centimeters long, and larger petals — also with three pairs on an axis three centimeters long. Connect the ends of the wire, leaving five centimeters.
- Wrap the second string of beads around the axis so that the petal is obtained.
- Mark three centimeters from one end of the string of beads needed to weave a large lobe for the central axis; do work with the other end, remembering to round the arcs.
- Both petals fasten at the base, after you make the fifth turn.
- Place the petals in a circle.
- Weave a flower stalk in the same way as the middle piece, giving it the shape of a funnel; nodules that were formed during the work, hiding on the wrong side.
- Connect the extreme petals, make a whisk and tightly wrap its inner circle with a thread. Place the center of the flower in the middle and fix it with a wire.
- At the back, attach the stalk of the flower, will resort to the help of round pliers, which fasten together the ends of the wire top and bottom of the sunflower.
- Assembly: fix the four ends of the wire with high quality so that the finished product does not crumble, bite off the excess part of the wire and shape the petals. Attach the sunflower to the top of the hard rod and wrap it with silk thread, smeared with glue. Retreat ten centimeters and attach to the stalk the first of two leaves, which is made by the method of stringing loops. Then wind the finished stalk with a thread, preferably a silk thread, attaching the second leaf as well. Give the petals a natural shape and slightly tilt the head of the flower.
Your beautiful sunflower is ready!
