TUTORIAL: Beaded Tassel earring

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Goodmorning Friends,    

Look beyond Macrame......Think beads

           A friend posted some beautiful bags made with twines and cord in a beading  Watsapp group which I belong to, everybody was thrilled, I was Very surprise, how on earth can you make such beautiful bags with twine and cord, am so amazed that a simple knot can make beautiful and interesting things, so I decided to research more on it, and I realised that we can also make this knots with beaded ropes too.

    Macrame is the art and craft of tying cords into knots in such a way that they form a useful or decorative shape,  macrame can be tried by anyone with passion to create with little or no experience,  its an old craft work that can be traced back to early fourteenth century, this same old knotting craft done with twines and cords is making a dramatic come back in our beaded Jewelry,  all you just need is to master the simple knot techniques. 

    I wont be writing tutorials on how to make knots, I just want you to know that you can do anything if you put your heart to it,  just watch out for those tiny little sparks of inspiration, I was inspired by macrame knotting technique to make this neckpiece, its so simple,  I make my beaded rope and I made use of the lark head knotting pattern to make my knot, see the picture after the cut.

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Tutorial: Single St Petersburg chain

Goodmorning lovelies,

     Here is my gift to you this morning, a simple tutorial on St Petersburg stitch, The versatile stitch comes in a single chain,double chain, and Russian eyelets. Today we will be learning  how to make a single chain into a necklace with a Vee at the middle.

Four ways you can wear your spiral rope

Goodmorning Lovelies, 

I know by now many of you are already familiar with spiral rope, if not click here for the tutorial on spiral rope, I hope the smile on my face will brighten your day, do have a nice day and remain blessed. 

Great Beaders Around the world - SONOKO NOZUE

Goodmorning friends, 

   While surfing the internet this morning I stumbled on a great Japanese beader SONOKO NOZUE, she took my breath away with her awesome and beautiful beadwork,  I appreciate God for the talent he has bestowed upon her, and Japanese beaders in general,  they are really trying.

SONOKO NOZUE

According to Amazon.com

     Sonoko Nozue was Born in Tokyo in 1945, she resides in Japan.
Graduated from the College of Humanities and Science, Nihon University, in 1968, with majors in Japanese and Japanese literature.
She Began teaching bead classes in Nagoya in 1995.
She's the President of Bead Salon Sonoko, a group whose activities include organizing workshops taught by the author, producing commissioned beaded pieces for special exhibitions, and participating in events that promote beading in Japan and stimulate interest in this field.
In 2006, became the first foreign instructor at the Bead&Button Show. Since then, has attended this event every year. Her beadwork won the Bead Dreams Finalist in the Seed Beads Wearable category in both 2005 and 2007.
She Taught at Bead Art Show Kobe in 2006, and Bead Art Show Yokohama in 2007. In the same year, taught the workshop "CREATE YOUR STYLE with CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements" at the Japan Hobby Show.
She Served as a judge for the Bead Grand Prix competition sponsored by Yomiuri newspaper and the Japan Art Accessories Association.
Supervised the bead crochet correspondence course taught by the Japan Art Accessories Association.

Sonoko Nozue wrote Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue: 25 Jewelry Designs from a Master Artist it was published by lark crafts in 2012.

 Here are some of her beautiful beadworks and also the front cover of   Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue, see them after the cut.