Birch from beads, turn-based weaving for beginners (video)
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- Master class - summer birch of beads
- Birch of white beads
- Video: master-class of weaving of birch from beads
Even for the ancient Slavs, the birch was a sacred tree. Its beauty was enchanting. It was worshiped and considered a healing tree.
Beading can help us recreatethis tree in all its glory. And in its various variations. If you have mastered the basic techniques and have studied all the basic patterns, then you will undoubtedly be able to weave almost any tree you like with beads. In addition,
the best option for improvement inbeading techniques. In our master class you will find both photos and videos on how to make a birch tree with your own hands. And most importantly, such a beading master class is not at all difficult even for beginners.
Before you start weaving the birch tree youA master class in photo or video format will definitely come in handy, as well as step-by-step instructions describing the weaving in all details. To make a birch tree with your own hands, choose a photo or video that depicts the tree you like. Although you can draw a sketch, carefully thinking through all the details, or simply depict your birch tree in the form of a diagram, on which you simply indicate the shape of the branches or the bends of the trunk. Having depicted your future tree in this way, you can easily follow your idea, glancing at the illustration or photo whenever you experience difficulties.
Master class - summer birch of beads
To make a birch in the summerOption, choose the beads you need. Well if it's a few beautiful shades of green. It should be somewhere around 70 or 80 grams. In addition, beadwork requires the presence of wire, which in this case should be of two kinds. The first is used to create branches of birch, from which the crown is formed. And the second, more solid, made of aluminum or copper is used to create a trunk. Then, from the trunk and the crown, you will need to make a tree. Also necessary will be silk threads for shoes or a white floss for wrapping wire sections of twigs, as well as black gouache, white water-based paint, putty, varnish and all sorts of decorative elements. It can be still some kind of beads, stones, moss or any other natural materials.
So, we take the first wire and string it on itDIY beads. Then we retreat 15 cm from the edge and begin to form a branch. For this, the following scheme is used. Twelve beads are twisted into a loop, and then retreat 1 cm and repeat the manipulation. Thus, 9 loops are created and the wire is cut, retreating 15 cm from the last loop. This is the first option for creating blanks. But there may be another way. In this case, you must first weave four loops 1 cm apart from each other, and make the fifth loop, retreating 2 cm from them. After completing the fifth loop, weave the remaining four 2 cm after it. This type of beading is called loop. To create your tree, use any of the two proposed methods.
Once you have created a large number ofblanks, you need to make birch branches. To do this, twist both ends of the wire together, starting from the loop that is located in the middle. After you have passed the last pair of loops, weave the wire another 4 cm. You can make a different number of loops for your birch, but it should always be odd.
Now we form the crown.The weaving of all the blanks is completed, and it is time to start assembling the tree. Do not forget to look from time to time at the photos and videos depicting the sample you have chosen. For the top of the birch, select 10 blanks. And for all the other branches, use the same patterns. Take a thicker piece of wire and tightly tie the blanks to it. For branches, use from three to five blanks and from seven or more. The latter form the very bottom of the crown.
If the tree shown in your photo or videocontains any bends in the branches, you need to shape them before you attach the branches to the trunk wire. Assemble the top of the birch and attach it to the frame. Then attach the branches, arranging them as if on a spiral staircase.
After weaving and assembling the birch treeis finished, it needs to be installed. For this, we will need a tray or an unnecessary plastic plate. Pour the plaster into a separate bowl and mix it with water until it becomes like thick sour cream. This mixture should not contain lumps, so mix it especially thoroughly. Quickly pour it all onto the tray in a heap and immerse the loop formed at the end of the stem wire there. Ask someone to help you at this stage. And while the assistant holds your stem, form a stand, helping yourself with a knife. Your stand will not stick to the tray.
Now dilute the putty with water and add it therePVA glue. And with its help we design the trunk and branches. Try to work out the grooves and notches to imitate real tree bark. We leave it all to dry.
In addition, it is necessary to make holes forplanting decorative elements on the base. They can be created in two ways. You can insert cocktail tubes into the plaster base at the stage of forming it, which are removed after it has completely hardened. Or you can use a drill and make holes in the already hardened base.
When everything is very dry, we proceed tothe most interesting, namely, we begin to decorate our birch. We paint the trunk with white water-based paint and after it dries, apply stripes with black gouache. For this, we use a dry hard brush. We dip it in paint and, making horizontal strokes, distribute the stripes over the entire trunk. For a reliable coating, add a little PVA glue to the paint, then it will certainly not spread under the varnish. In this case, the bottom of the tree needs to be painted more intensively. Do not forget to wrap all the beaded parts with foil so that after painting your birch looks neat and is not dirty.
Of course, you don't have to paint anything.Just carefully wrap your buruzka with white threads and draw stripes on it, using a black marker or felt-tip pen for this. Just keep in mind the fact that a felt-tip pen under a varnish coating may well flow. So, either use paint or leave the product unvarnished. Now we plant beaded decor and lay out pebbles and moss. You can weave flowers and bushes from beads especially for this purpose. Or you can even create a whole meadow under the birch tree and build a miniature house for a fairy on it or organize a stream. Or fill it with something fluffy and green, imitating a juicy grass cover. In general, you should not limit your imagination in anything. In conclusion, we cover the entire tree with a thin layer of varnish from an aerosol can.
You can use some form to createbase, for example, an old and unnecessary plastic box, which then after the plaster hardens, it will not be a pity to break, if such a need arises. Although the usually used form is covered with polyethylene, the edges of which, subsequently, the hardened base is removed. Or pour the tree into a nice small pot of an original shape or covered with fabric in the color of the crown.
You can create an autumn one using the same rules.birch. Just use different colors and shades of autumn instead of green. And not only in the design of the crown, but also when decorating the stand for your tree. In general, yellow, orange and red shades are suitable. You can use them separately, or you can mix them together. When decorating the base of the birch or the pot in which you can plant your tree, use small elements on the autumn theme.
Birch of white beads
An alternative option for the green charmer, butNo less beautiful, there will be a winter birch. In addition, it can be a wonderful and original gift, for example, on one of the winter holidays. And for the new year, the graceful beauty will produce an even greater sensation than the beaded green herringbone. Such a master class of its weaving will have some differences from the previous one. In particular, in the method of braiding preforms for branches.
So, to create such a tree, we will need beads of winter shades. It can be white matte or transparent, and any silver shades will also be perfect.
Let's look at a master class on creating a branch forwinter tree. To create it, you need to string twelve beads on a piece of wire. By the way, the number of beads does not necessarily have to be twelve. It will all directly depend on your idea. String different colors in any order. It is even better to mix them together in advance. Leave one bead free, and pull the wire through the rest in the opposite direction so that in the end two identical ends are formed. Their length should be 15 or 20 cm. Now put on another twelve beads on one of the free edges and repeat everything again. Connect the two wire edges together, and put on eight more. Then bend one of the wires and put on 20 beads on it and pull the wire in the opposite direction, but only to the middle of the row. Put on 9 beads on the same part and bring it back first through 8, and then towards the adjacent edge of the wire. Again, we put beads on both ends of the wire at once and again create branches. Thus, we make as many branches and as many twigs as we need. For the top of the tree, we use the shortest ones.
To form birch branches usebranches of different orders. The branches of the first order should be both long and short. There should be 24 of the first, and 27 of the second. From these you need to make the branches of the second order, using three of the first branches for each. But the branches that are third in order will consist of two branches of the second order.
Attach the branches to the birch trunk in tiers.It is better to make three of them. Only first bend all the branches in the way they should look in the final version. This is necessary so that during the process of attaching them to the trunk, there are no overlaps or, conversely, large voids between the branches. The greatest distance can be between the branches of the third tier. The branches here can move away from each other in different directions and are not at all required to be located strictly along one line.
Form the trunk and stand in the same way as inprevious master class, using plaster and putty. Just make sure to decorate the base in a winter style. Use beads and glitter in white and silver shades. Also, small figures on a New Year theme or miniature winter birds and the same natural material, only decorated for frosty times, will serve as wonderful additional decor.
Video: master-class of weaving of birch from beads
