Tree yin-yang from beads and other miracles with their own hands

How often do you look at the storefronts in which beautiful, bright and unusual bead products stand? It seems that they are so perfect that they must have been made by real wizards. However, weaving from beads is actually not so difficult, it is able to master any assiduous, and most importantly, a person striving for beauty. Blooming trees of beads, beautiful vases, bracelets, etc. - all this can be done by hand.

From the history

Beads served as a material for making jewelry since the time of the Scythians and Sarmatians. From it, not only made jewelry, but also expanded their clothes and shoes. And invented the beads, in fact, the Phoenicians - it was their merchants who accidentally (so to speak the legends) found a way to get the glass. After a while in the glass industry there were such industries as the manufacture of beads and glass beads.

The very word "beads" in Arabic means artificial pearls. His first samples were rather large and opaque, but in our time, bead manufacturing techniques allow you to produce beads of even the smallest size, transparent and incredibly different colors.

Making of trees from beads

Nowadays needlewomen use beads not only to decorate clothes and create bracelets, beads and earrings, but also to decorate their home. Of the beads make amazing beauty panels, flowers, trees and frames. In this article, we will talk about making bead trees on examples such as yin-yang tree from beads and orange tree from beads.

To make bead trees you will need first of all beads - different colors, shapes and sizes. And also various sequins, ribbons, threads, beads, wire, sand, stones, etc. Do not forget to also stock up with scissors.

The very important moment in weaving beads is patience. This is a very delicate jewelry work, which may not work out the first time. However, despair and quit your job is not worth it - gradually you "punch" your hand and you will get real masterpieces!

Yin-yang tree of beads

So, as the name suggests, the yin-yang tree of beads is a combination of two opposing principles, which is primarily manifested in the color scheme. Therefore, for a yin-yang tree, you need to prepare black and white beads.

On a wire it is necessary to type approximately 7-8 beads of white color and to twirl a wire a loop. To make seven such "loops" on the same wire, and then fold it in half and twist it. Next, you need to arrange the eyelets in the form of twigs, ie unfolding them in different directions to give volume. After making two more of the same twigs, they must be connected and twisted as well. All the same must be done with black beads.

To make your yin-yang tree of beads gorgeous, you need about 20 triple twigs of each color.

Next, you need to take pieces of thicker wire and screw on each pair of twigs of the same color. The top part of each such branch (about a quarter) should be wrapped with a ribbon of the appropriate color (i.e. black with a black ribbon and white with a white ribbon) and fix it. After that, you need to create all the white branches in one trunk, and all the black ones in the other. Remaining open parts of the wire must be covered with plasticine under the color, and on top - also with tape.

And the last stage - we twist two parts, install it in a pot (which, by the way, can also be made from beads) and everything - the yin-yang tree of beads is ready!

Orange tree from beads

To make an orange tree, take a wire about 80 mm long. At its middle, you need to thread an orange bead and 3 small green beads. One end of the wire is passed back through the bead. Then, on the other end of the wire string 7 beads and twist them into a loop, then make 2 more such loops. After twisting the wire again, we repeat the whole operation anew. In this way we create a branch on which there are several "oranges" and leaves. In the same way, you need to make a few twigs, which will only have leaves, and tie them to twigs with oranges.

Next, the resulting branches should be gathered in the shape of a pyramid and twisted together with a wire. By turning the twigs, you can give the tree any shape. The last step is to wrap the stems with ribbons and "plant" the tree in a pot.