Free schemes of weaving different fish and seahorses from beads.
Beads – one of the most ancient materials forhandicrafts. The very first beads, which were the predecessors of beads, were born many hundreds of years ago. Ancient people carved them from ivory, shells, stones, and cast them from gold and silver. The ancient Egyptians have been making glass beads since they learned how to melt glass. Archaeologists discovered the very first greenish glass bead at excavations near the city of Thebes. Master glassmakers added manganese, cobalt, copper and other elements to the mass and obtained glass in purple, blue and green shades. The beads were not only round. They looked like flowers, leaves, and were stylized as cones or shells. With the flourishing of the Hellenistic era, the center of glassmaking moved to Alexandria. In Ancient Rome, glass ceased to be a rare and expensive pleasure. They began to use it to create kitchen utensils and glass house windows. Then the monopoly on glass production was seized and firmly held by Venetian craftsmen for many years. Very beautiful and high-quality Venetian beads were highly valued and were exported to many countries. The secrets of its creation were jealously guarded from outsiders, and glassmakers in Venice enjoyed great rights and privileges. With the development of shipping, glass workshops were replaced by factories. Beads have become available to most people. Small glass and plastic beads are used to create many different things. They weave unusual necklaces, earrings and pendants, funny baubles and bracelets. There is beaded floristry with a huge number of patterns and options for weaving flowers. The imagination and creative vision of needlewomen and craftswomen knows no bounds, which is why even beaded animals are born from beads. In this article we offer you master classes on making a variety of fish and other inhabitants of reservoirs with diagrams, photos and descriptions.Guppy fish made of beads. You will need:
- The beads are black, purple, pink, yellow and gray;
- Delicate procrastination.
The fish is woven from wire 120 cm long“parallel weaving” technique. This is a very simple technique and even a beginner can weave such a fish. Weave two parts of the body according to the pattern, separately the fins and tail, and then connect the parts. You can lay an additional layer of a piece of polyethylene between the halves of the fish’s body, this will make the fish more voluminous. Due to the fact that the fish is woven on a wire, when finished it can be bent into various poses. Angelfish fish made of beads. You will need:
- The beads are yellow, gray (can be replaced by white) and black;
- The wire.
For weaving the body (excluding the tail)you need to take a piece of wire 1 m long. Start working with the muzzle. Weave 4 rows, then make 2 branches according to the pattern. String them onto the lower end of the wire. Then twist them at the top and then weave according to the pattern. Separately weave the fins by threading the wires through the beads of the outer rows of the top or bottom. Weave the fins in a parallel flat weave. Clown fish made of beads. You will need:
- Procrastination;
- Beads are orange, white and black.
Weave it using the same parallel techniquevolumetric weaving, like the previous fish. An additional layer can be laid between the halves of the fish body for more volume. You will need a piece of wire 120 cm long. The tail will be flat, and it needs to be strung on a separate wire. The lower fins, located in front, are woven on wire tails of the body. Weave the side fins on separate pieces of wire, thread the ends through 2 beads on the body (refer to the diagram and photo). The remaining fins are woven in a flat parallel weave on separate pieces of wire, threading them through the outer beads along the edges of the body.The next aquatic creature will be the beaded seahorse. You will need:
- A piece of wire is 2 m in gold;
- Beads light beige, ordinary beige, light brown, ordinary brown.
The same volumetric technique continuesparallel weaving. Start working on the spout, then weave according to the pattern. Along the ridge in several places, string 1 protruding bead (make them on an additional wire). The rows in the diagram marked with crosses must be skipped. Thread the tails of the wires in the opposite direction through the previous bottom row. (direction indicated by arrows). After the beads for the tail are strung, it needs to be twisted, like a real seahorse. Below is a picture that shows the designation of the rows in the diagram and the execution of the weaving itself.Baby Stingray with blue spots made of beads. You will need:
- Silver wire length 150 cm;
- Beads of black, blue, gray or beige colors.
Weave in the already well-known parallelvolumetric technique. Start working on the muzzle. To weave a voluminous back, first string 4 in the center of the craft in the bottom row, then in the next row. row 5, then 6 beads in a row. Each time, put a new row on one tail of the wire and thread the second one, tightening it tightly. Before you start weaving a ponytail, you need to make a row with circles of beads. You need to string them onto one wire tail, and then thread the other end in the opposite direction through 6 beads in the row. Follow the pattern. Thread individual wires through the rows marked with a red cross, making Stingray eyes on them. String the first row of 3 beads behind the black bead, and string the second row above it. Follow the pattern.Here is another pattern of a fantasy fish made from beads.To create it you will need:
- Beads of pink, cherry, blue, red tones;
- 5 dark beads of a larger size;
- 2 elongated beads of light tones;
- B glass 22 pcs .;
- A piece of cardboard;
- Glue with a brush;
- Thread with a needle;
- The length of the wire is 45 cm long;
- Newspaper.
Cut a base for the fish from a piece of cardboard (1drawing). Place oval elongated beads on a small piece of wire (3 - 4 cm). Twist the ponytails (2nd picture). This is the mouth of a fish. For the abdominal (2. b picture) and dorsal (2. c picture) take pieces of wire approximately 15 cm, for the tail 10 cm (2. d picture). Make them from glass beads. Glue the blanks to a cardboard base. To strengthen it, take pieces of paper and glue them on top of the wire tails (3. a picture). Take a thread approximately 1.5 m long and string about 15 cm of pink beads. Spread the fish's head with glue and tie the end of the thread near the fish's mouth. Lay the beads in coils, starting from the area around the mouth. Make sure that the turns are positioned tightly to each other and do not forget to coat the cardboard base with glue. Calculate the placement of large dark beads on the low side so that they become eyes. You can diversify the colors of the fish by mixing several different shades in the bottom. You can make it striped or speckled. Wait until the glue is completely dry and the fish is ready.