Ui vale osc lle co Be adw weavingDS able tom: seople who love bead n with bei beads out of beads. I’m t sure why—maybe it’s because we're king the item th: medium that we love: beads A double dose of pleasure, ni This chapt we love with fiers nine: plus variations, to keep you busy for quitea some are made over wooden ers are self-support- yy techniques are used, some new, I hope that you will try them all.TING WOODEN BEADS pfrom a painter's background, I've never lost my love of the brush and paints. my brushes and some of the paints | used in art school. So it was only nat I bring them out again when I needed a base for these beacied beads. The smay seem long and overdone, but everything matters and needs to be done well sto succeed. Take your time in painting and sanding the wooden beads. several projects in mind, go ahead and paint lots of the wooden beads with and sand them. This is something that can be done while you're watching TV to friends or family. Then the process doesn't fel so long and you'll be ready ight away when the mood strikes anbe used to prime other Liquid acrylic paints ve inexpensive and can't buy just one! Most paints have a flat finish, so ‘them with a coat of high ‘varnish puts a great beads. side. Choose a mid- INSTRUCTIONS. Pour a small amount of gesso onto a glass dish and, using the small paint- brush, paint the inside openings of the beads at both ends. Let them dry. block to dry, ‘The gesso pulls up the grain of the wood, so its time to sand, Take the bead off the straw and, using the fine sandpaper, sand each bead until it’s very smooth. Don't forget to sand the interior aswel it isn critical, bt if you use a sik Because cheap ones Cord io hang te beadsasmooth channel brinles and stick toil ep the cond from fraying. Roll upa atonthe bead. Usesize Small pce of the sandpaper and put it the inside hole of the through the bead, pulling it back and forth a few times. Remove the dust from the beads with a soft cloth, Cuta steaw length the bead. The re-expansion of the straw will hold the bead on the stra. Do this for each of the beads. Usea reg- ular-size straw for a larger bead, and a smaller straw for ‘the small bead. Paint the outside of the beads -gess0, AS you f Take care to get an even application of paint Roll it tightly, and slide it into ith the each one, stand it up in the styrene Paint the interior openings with the acrylic paint, When they're dry, put the beads back on the straws. Now paint the outside of the beads with a thin coat ‘of paint. Let them dry; then paint them all again. Several thin coats of paint are bet- ter than one thick one; they'll dry faster and will be smoother. If you want the bead to have a shiny look, put on several coats of varnish, letting each coat dry be- fore adding the next. Let the painted beads dry overnight to a hard finish. Note: Only the materials, tools,and sup- plics that are unique to each wooden- bead project will be listed with the proj- ects. You can refer back to this section for instructions on how to prepare the un- finished wooden beads for each project.