MODERN BEADING posted by: janine alauro

MODERN BEADING

is often used as a creative hobby to create jewelry, purses, coasters, and dozens of other crafts. Beads are available in many different designs, sizes, colors, and materials, allowing much variation among bead artisans and projects. Simple projects can be created in less than an hour by novice beaders, while complex beadwork may take weeks of meticulous work with specialized tools and equipment.

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BEADWORKS by :janine alauro

this is a kind of craft which beads are attach into another beads or into a cloth. The materials that are usually use in making beadworks are needle, thread or wires that are flexible. beadworks are commonly made as accesories, jewelry and it can even be use as a design for crochet and for knitting.

Weaving of hard Strip by: jevi

*SELECTION OF MIDRIBS

The selection of midribs depends on the kind of project one will make. for projects such as brooms, plant holders, and waste baskets, mature midribs from leaves still green are best. but for projects which require bending or weaving, midribs from young petioles should be chosen.
This process destroys not only the bacteria dwelling in the material but also the substances attractive to bacteria. boiling also makes the color of the midribs stay longer.

*SOME PROCESS INVOLVED IN MIDRIB CRAFT

Gouging is the process of making the midribs uniform in size by passing them through a series of graduated holes until the desired is obtained. it is important that the size of midrib be uniform so that the bending property or pliability of the material is also uniform.

older midribs are darker, while younger midribs are darker, while younger midribs are lighter.

* COMMON TOOLS IN MIDRIB CRAFT

The tools most commonly used in coconut midrib crafts are simple and may be made with little difficulty.

Midribs- The central or principal vein of a leaf.

Posted by: Jevi Abines

Some Craft Materials by: Darna

Sea Shells. various kind of shells from the ocean can be made into decoration, it was cleaned and trimmed.

Coconut Shells. can be use as decorative like flower vase, tea cup, coconut-wooden ladle, ash tray, necklace,
bracelet and etc.



Egg Shells. can be use as mosaic and for decoration for picture frames.

Coconut Midrib Craft by: Darna

The "tingting" of the coconut leaves are not only use as stick broom but also can be woven into basket and different decorative products . It was a best product if it was dyed with varnish.

Pandan and Buri Craft by:Darna

Pandan is a plant that usually gives a good smell and flavor into our delicacies. It will grow until 3 meters in height with spiral and elongated leaves.


Buri is also a plant that looks like pandan. Their elongated leaves are stripped and woven into a basket, bag, mat, and any products.

Basketry by: Darna

A kind of craft which uses bamboo strips that should be woven into different products.
It was very common among areas which their first most common products was made of bamboo.