KUMIHIMO
Kumihimo Class: Bead Runway™ Technique Design Series: DewDrops Capri Necklace
By Cindy Grayson
Learn how to estimate components with Kumihimo Math and start your Bead Journal with important Stats that help you understand the pathway to making your own Kumihimo patterns inspired by your own bead stash. A Bead Journal and the Technique Pattern Series Book are highly recommended in order to fully grasp how to plan, visually design, and get the most out of this class. If graduating pattern layout & design is Step ONE, then this class is like step TWO, a personal introduction to the next step in your evolution of making Kumihimo patterns of your own. Become Empowered! Become KUMISTA!
Prerequisite: Familiar with Basic Round Braid Kumihimo Move; or take one of my Intro Classes, Bead Runway™ Kumihimo Technique Pattern Series” by Cindy Grayson on Amazon or Shop.BeadRunway.com
•Kumihimo Techniques: Double Drop, Benefits of Working with Teardrops, Choose Your Length, Kumihimo Math and Bead Journal Stats to achieve a desired length
•Kit Includes: Kumihimo Pattern for Capri (new blue version), Teardrops, Magatama Drops, Seed Beads, cording and a glue-on clasp. (Periwinkle version from the book also available).
•Supplies Needed: Kumihimo essentials: Kumihimo disk; Liquid Bead Fix or similar ingredient liquid (cord stiffener); GS Hypo Cement (flexible bond adhesive to secure nub end after braiding); Wonder Clips (x8) - NOT BOBBINS; counter weight (approx 3.5 oz); 6-8 bead dishes, tape measure and note talking materials or get your very own Bead Runway™ BEAD JOURNAL, Hot off the press! And you will need the Book for this class Bead Runway™ Kumihimo Technique Pattern Series” by Cindy Grayson on Amazon or Shop.BeadRunway.com
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.