KUMIHIMO
Learn to Kumihimo Mini Class - Mini Kumi Round Robin
By Cindy Grayson
Braid four quarter turns as fast as you can and PASS before the music stops!; Round and Round She Goes, where she stops nobody knows! Fun, prizes, laughter and learning. No prep necessary, jump in, try it out. The Optional Class Kit earns you your workshop fee back in RUNWAY BUCKS good towards supplies and merchandise, plus get all the essential supplies needed to sign up for another Kumihimo Class, on the spot!
I’ll teach the basic disk setup, go over the round braid move (Kongo Gumi) and you gain the skill necessary to take additional Kumihimo classes. If you purchase the optional kit ($40), you can follow along and setup your disk, or play along, then leave with a handout outlining Kumihimo Basic Essentials and maybe a new friend! A fun and quick alternative to fulfill a basic Kumihimo class prerequisite. JOIN US!!
•Techniques: basic 8-cord setup, Round braid (Kongo gumi), Kumihimo basics, Kumihimo toolkit essentials, Adhesives, Cording, pick up your supplies & sign up for another Kumihimo class.
•(Optional but Encouraged) Kit Includes: Kumihimo Essentials Kit (Kumihimo Disk, Counterweight, Wonder Clips (x8), Tex 210 Cording, GS Hypo Cement, Liquid Cord Stiffening Adhesive, 2-Part Epoxy. EARNS YOUR WORKSHOP FEE BACK IN VALUE WITH - 15 RUNWAY BUCKS TOWARDS SUPPLIES, KITS & MORE! (Discounts towards Bead Runway™ kits and merchandise).
•Supplies Needed: Just a Willingness to try something NEW; and maybe a sense of humor?
About Cindy Grayson
Cindy Grayson is an Instructor, Designer, Inventor of the Bead Runway™ (Patent Pending) and Author of the “Bead Runway Kumihimo Technique Pattern Series”. Grayson is a graphic designer and marketing professional by trade, but ultimately an artist in all media. Her journey began by questioning; How many times and ways can a bead be strung on a wire? How can all of these stockpiled beads be used effectively? In search of a new challenge in jewelry making, she turned to a deep-dive study of Kumihimo.
The more she studied, the more she realized there was an elevated level of sophistication to the Kumihimo pattern process that involved detailed planning and mathematics. As a creative who appreciates an analytical challenge, she was hooked. Out of necessity, she invented The Bead Runway™, a bead layout board with eight runways to assist in visually planning and designing bead layouts specifically for Kumihimo pattern making. It also helps to count out the various bead types, which is paramount in obtaining a successful design. She created Bead Runway to spread the word of this “REVOLUTION IN CONTEMPORARY BEADED KUMIHIMO VISUAL PATTERN LAYOUT & DESIGN”.
Grayson began making jewelry, teaching and speaking publicly in 2004. It was only natural for her to share her newfound knowledge by teaching. She developed a class series for her students that covers all the basic skills and Kumihimo techniques found necessary to elevate abilities, assisting in moving beyond the restriction of pre-existing patterns. Her classes feature technique-focused projects that offer solutions to common problems in the Kumihimo pattern-making process. Other topics include successful Kumihimo pattern-making guidelines, the importance of keeping a Bead Journal for reference and ways to use the Bead Runway™—especially in making graduating patterns and in using any bead type effectively.
The Bead Runway™ (Patent Pending) is now the star and foundation of her students' studies in the “Bead Runway™ Kumihimo Technique Pattern Series”, an in-depth class series, published in a book, available on Amazon or Bead Runway Shop. By the end of the series, empowered students are more confident, bold in their design choices and capable of creating Kumihimo patterns of their own, inspired directly by favorites from their own private bead stash collections.