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Bead Craft - Convenient Ways To Get Brilliant Ideas
Regardless of which of the huge number of beading ideas I'm pursuing, I consider patterning as the single most significant aspect of the hobby. A good pattern can cover a multitude of other bead craft design sins, and good crafters will spend lots of time fiddling with their patterns to get them just right.
In this article, I am going to take a brief look at 2 sources of inspiration for your bead craft ideas that you might not have thought of. Think this an experiment in cross discipline thinking, and it's my hope that when you read these words, your mind will immediately start turning on the subject, and a whole boatload of OTHER ideas will fall into your lap. Even if that does not happen though, that is still a ward against the bead craft equal of "writer's block." So here goes:
Poetry
Any poem that is not free verse has a rhyme and meter to it. Haiku's structure is like 5-7-5. Iambic pentameter has its own rhythm, and so on. There are a multitude of rhythms to choose from, and inspiration is as close as your nearest volume of poetry.
Take the haiku example. You can build a pattern around the haiku rhythm, 5-7-5. An arrangement of five beads. A different arrangement of seven, and then back to five. Go over this around your necklace (or bracelet, or whatever) and you'll have created a "haiku bead craft necklace."
Or if your favorite poem has a funky rhythm like
a-b-b-a
b-c-c-b
c-d-d-c
(go over)
You can arrange a bead craft pattern around that (every letter represents a different component) to striking effect. And, your bead craft project will have a remarkable story surrounding it!
Sheet Music
Another excellent source for inspiration to enrich your bead craft projects is sheet music. Assign one bead component to each note and place based on whatever song you choose.
As you please, either ignore sharps and flats or add completely new bead craft ideas elements for them. Start with anything simple. Design a "Mary had a little lamb" necklace, playing with the elements until you're happy with the outcome. Again, an off beat method of looking at the area of patterning that can enrich the execution of your bead craft ideas in unpredicted ways!
*Note: You will most likely only want to concentrate on one line of the sheet music in your bead craft project, lest you make anything much too large to use! Note too that pattern and medium can, and generally will, influence one another! What may work well with semi-precious stones might not be as viable with a wood/metal mix, so there's certainly a bit of experimentation involved! The major thing, no matter where your inspiration comes from, or what form it finally takes, is to stick with it! Persistence and experimentation will must win the day!
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