KUMIHIMO
Kumihimo Mini Finishing Class - Adhesives & Findings
By Cindy Grayson
Get advice, ideas and make sure you leave with some finished pieces you can wear! Stop by and either 1. Continue braiding with us, while getting any advice you may be seeking on your project; or 2. Make sure you finish your project. Use community tools & your kit coupons to choose an alternate finish for your piece. Learn why I chose certain adhesives, what works, what doesn’t and how to use them most effectively.
It is highly recommended you purchase a Bead Runway™ Bead Journal because the finishing stage is the exact point in time where you make the best notes for future project ideas and references. I may run out, so reserve yours now. Don’t forget, my whole teaching series is based on the idea that if you practice my technique projects, and keep a Bead Journal, your Kumihimo designs will continue to evolve. Take this opportunity to explore how I created a reference of Bead Runway™ Bead Journal Stats, how, what, when and why. Prerequisite: Bead Runway™ Bead Journal” by Cindy Grayson on Shop.BeadRunway.com
•Kumihimo Techniques: Kumihimo Math, Bead Journal Stats, All About Adhesives, Finishing ideas
•Kit Includes: 2-Part Epoxy, calipers, 5 RUNWAY BUCKS, 2 COUPONS to choose additional endcaps/clasps from my stash! ALSO, get the Bead Journal ADD ON!
•Supplies Needed: Unfinished Kumihimo projects that need finishing with nub end secured with Hypo Cement (dried overnight); or kumihimo project in progress on disk you need to finish up or need help with; Note taking materials or Get your very own Bead Runway™ BEAD JOURNAL, Hot off the press!<<---highly recommended for your Bead Journal Stats!
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.