With nothing more than seed beads and
thread, make these
Gingko Leaf Earrings with this original variation on
Cubic Right Angle Weave (CRAW). This tutorial is very detailed, written
for advanced beginner beaders who have a basic knowledge of beading.
Knowledge of CRAW is strongly recommended.
Each leaf is nearly
inch wide (23 mm) and 20 mm tall. They’re small, and CRAW creates a lot
of negative space. So they’re light, making them comfortable to wear as
earrings.
The tutorial is 14 pages, with over 90 full color
illustrations and photographs, a COLORFUL FEAST for the eyes. The
tutorial gives highly detailed illustrations, photographs, and written
instructions to make the earrings. Included are 14 different pairs of
Gingko Leaf Earrings in different color schemes. That I have made so
many pairs is a testament to how much fun these are to make and wear.
Since they use mostly size 11° seed beads with just a few colors of 15°
and 8° they are a wonderful way to explore color combinations with just
seed beads.
I beaded Ginkgo Leaves from time to time for over
three years before I figured out how to write it down on paper. In my
blog, I said I'd be "insane" to write a tutorial for this design. This
is actually because I didn't really understand how to do it. As I posted
more and more pairs of these earrings on the internet, bead weavers
wrote to me, asking me to write a tutorial. So, I kept making pairs and
eventually, I drew some pictures, and my method became clearer to me.
Months passed, and I made more pairs, and drew more drawings. Then I
made more pairs and eventually I understood the method, and I was able
to draw all of the steps in a way that makes sense. Then I took photos
to match the drawings, and wrote it all up. This tutorial is the
culmination of a long process to document these earrings so that other
bead weavers can enjoy making them too.
This tutorial is also super
colorful. I used a rainbow pair for the step photos and illustrations in
the hopes that you will enjoy looking at this the tutorial as much as
making and wearing the earrings.
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