Recycling paper: African beads made ​​of paper …!

 

You will not believe it – these African beads hand made from paper …! But in view of this, do not tell. How deceptive appearance! Invite the master-class manufacturing such ornaments.

 

With the help of an ornamental knife and ruler cut from black paper template for each type of beads. In the photo left to right shows the shape of beads and sizes of paper strips: “rugby ball” – length 40 cm, width 3 cm, the strip gradually narrows down to 6 mm “barrel” – length 45 cm, width 3 cm, the strip is narrowed to 1, 5 cm “little hat” – length 15 cm, width 8 mm.

Put each template on a sheet of white paper and trace with a pencil. Cut a white piece of beads, using ornamental knife and a ruler.

Progladte each strip blade of scissors. Prepared in this way paper strip is pliable and easy to work with.

Scissor several wooden skewers so as to obtain suitable cores. Attach to the rod wide edge strips tightly and start to wind it. Make sure that the edges of beads were smooth on both sides.

When the bead is almost ready, put on the inner side of the tip of the paper strip PVA glue stick to the cocktail. Secure the strip and press down for several minutes with his finger, waiting until the glue to grasp. Repeating these steps, make the other beads. Keep in mind that each wooden rod can impose up to three beads at a time.

Draw a cross pattern. Decide on a pattern that you are going to decorate each bead. If it contains cross strips, begin to put their markers, trying to keep the lines were smooth and crisp. In order to simplify the problem can first define the outer edge of each strip, and only then paint it in the middle.

Apply the protective coating. Take a flat brush and coat each bead with a thick layer of diluted in water, PVA glue, it will protect the decoration from moisture and will not allow “spill” design. In order to dry the beads, take an empty cardboard box and put on her original kebabs – skewers with half impaled on their beads.

Coloring beads. Once the protective layer has dried, do some “embellishment.” Using relief paint for fabric, give free rein to their srantazii: draw on the beads, gold, black and white zigzags, lines, points and everything you want. Dry the beads already tested way, and then carefully remove each of them with a skewer.

Making beads. Lay on the table ready to beads in your chosen order. Try to get the most spectacular combination of colors, shapes and patterns. Begin stringing beads one by one on the strap (silk, leather, elastic synthetic) or tape. Strung bead, tie a shoelace double knot – such bundles, located between the beads, will help to fix each one in its place.

A Texture pattern
Relief paint makes it more varied texture of the beads, forming protrusions that gently envelop their rounded surface.
B Patterns
On beads repeat the same patterns – zigzags, lines and points. In addition, all beads are designed in black and white and gold scheme.Because of this, each of them fits in the overall pattern of the necklace.
In Harnesses nodules
Knots tied on the necklace is not only keep beads in place, but also become part of an overall decorative pattern.

Beads are ready! As you can see they are done very quickly and the available materials.

 

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