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.

Operation Techniques in Bamboo Craft by: Darna

1. Cutting. Cutting a piece of bamboo with a crosscut saw requires technique. It is best done on a device that holds the bamboo firmly while it is being cut. While the right had pushes the saw back and forth, the left hand gradually turns the bamboo clockwise. Turning the bamboo counter-clockwise while it is being cut will damage the peel.

2. Scraping. Scraping is the process of removing the outermost skin of the bamboo while the use of a special tool called the bamboo scraper. Scraping however, may be done with a bolo.

3. Marking. Before splitting a piece of bamboo, it is necessary for the worker to divide the bamboo into convenient sizes. Marking prevents unnecessary waste.

4. Splitting. Splitting is a process of dividing a piece of bamboo into sizes convenient for splinting. It is best done with the use of a specially made bolo which thins gradually on both sides towards the cutting edge. The bolo is driven gently with a mallet. A mallet is a wooden hammer. Using a hammer, destroy the back portion with a bolo.

5. Splinting. Splinting is a process of dividing a piece of bamboo into thin strips for weaving. A specially designed bolo is used for this purpose.

6. Width Sizing. Width sizing is the technique of making the width of bamboo splints uniform. It is best done with th use of a special tool called the width sizer.

7. Thickness Shaving. Thickness shaving is the process of making the thickness of splints uniform. It is done best by passing the splints through a tool specially designed for the purpose.

8. Bleaching. Bleaching is treating bamboo splints by boiling.Boiling usually done in boiling pan made for the purpose, dissolves resinous substances in the bamboo and makes it no longer attractive to weevils.
9. Dyeing. The process of introducing coloring substances in the material by boiling is dyeing. Adding a little salt while boiling makes the color fast. Dyed materials should be washed in fresh water to remove the excess dyes.

CROCHET by: jevi

CROCHET is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread using crochet hook.

MATERIALS
* Crochet hook- aluminum or plastic
* yarn or thread
* Tape measure- used for measuring crocheted work

Process

Crocheted fabric is begun by placing a slip-knot loop on the hook, pulling another loop through the first loop, and repeating this process to create a chain of a suitable length. The chain is either turned and worked in rows, or joined to the beginning of the row with a slip stitch and worked in rounds. Rounds can also be created by working many stitches into a single loop. Stitches are made by pulling one or more loops through each loop of the chain. At any one time at the end of a stitch, there is only one loop left on the hook. Tunisian crochet, however, draws all of the loops for an entire row onto a long hook before working them off one at a time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet#Materials

posted by: jevi abines

Bamboo Craft . February 6, 2010, 10am by: Darna B. Ajan

There are several known species of bamboo in the Phillippines. Some of them are the following:

1. Chinese Bamboo. This bamboo is a native of China and Japan. It grows up to 3 meters high with a culm diameter of 12 centimeters. It is ideal as an ornamental plant or a hedge. The stems may be used as fishing rods or for fences.

2. Spiny Bamboo. Called kawayan-tinik because it has spines, this is a tall bamboo growing to a height of ten meters. Its culm diameter may reach 20 centimeters under ideal growing conditins with internodes 30-50 centimeters apart.

3. Kawayan-Kiling. This bamboodoes not have spines. The stems are smooth, yellowish, or green-yellow. It is smaller and shorter than the spiny bamboo and has a thinner wall.

4. Bolo. This is a stout bamboo. It is as big and as tall as the spiny bamboo. It is straight and smooth and does not have spines. Its walls arte relatively thin.

Characteristics of Bamboo

Bamboo fibers run parallel from the bottom to the top. This makes the bamboo capable of being divided lenghtwise with little difficulty. A piece of bamboo one inch wide and several meters long can easily be divided into splints a little thicker than the thickness of paper.
Bamboo is strong and durable. A mature bamboo, treated properly, is immune to the attack of weevils and other insects, and when not exposed to the elements, can last for as long as 20-25 years.
Bamboo has a hard and smooth outer surface which becomes shiny when finishing materials are applied to it.

Uses of Bamboo.

Bamboo is a very useful material. If one examines the houses constructed with light materials, chances are that most of them are made of bamboo. It may be used for all parts of the house. The posts, the rafters, the purlins, the floor joints, the floor itself, the walling, the doors, the windows, and even the roof may be made of bamboo. If the roof is nipa, the tying material is bamboo. Bamboo parts of the house may be joined together with bamboo pegs or "bamboo snails" and help steady with bamboo splints as tying material. The ceiling may be made of sawali woven from bamboo splints.
Furniture inside the Filipino homes may also be made of bamboo. Local craftsmen can easily make from bamboo beautiful dining tables, chairs, sala sets, cupboards, aparadors, lounging chairs, beds, shelves, and other furniture.
Bamboo may be made into various articles which are both beautiful and useful. Modern homes now use bamboo lampshades, plant holders and hangers, vases and trays, bamboo dividers, and wall decor.
Tuba is gathered and stored in bamboo tubes and sold by bamboo measuring glasses. People in remote rural areas fetch and store water in log bamboo tubes. Some classroom teachers store their teaching aids and devices in bamboo tubes too.
Another area where bamboo is very much utilized is in weaving. Bamboo splints are woven into sawali mats which are used extensively in drying rice, corn, coffee, sorghum, and other grains. The splints may also be woven into huge baskets in which to store rice, corn, and other grains as well as to hold fruit and vegetables.