How to Make a Warped Hexagon Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2020-09-29 | A new bead-by-bead animation from Julia Pretl that shows how to create a Warped Hexagon. We use precision cylinder beads in size 11 for most of our work, but of course any beads will work.This animation is notable for how true-to-life it feels. Warped forms can be tangly, grumpy, and it's easy to miss step-ups when we are unfamiliar with the process. However, following these clear instructions should make it easy to learn. We recommend a gentle, flat start, easing the increases of the second round gently into place. When the Warped Hex begins to be stable, around Round 5 or so, we fold it in half (we call this Taco Form) and then gently pull the tail thread to snug up the tension. We continue to bead the Warped Hexes flat until they are the desired size, and then we reinforce our finish by taking a few extra stitches just with needle and thread (some people gently reinforce the entire final round) and then we weave the working thread into the body of the piece and trim. The starting tail can be woven in the same way, gently through the beadwork, and then snugged and trimmed.Amusingly, the Warped Hexagon is also a PodCast Bead- three points up and three down. We'll augment this video later with a bit of text and voiceover, and also at the end we will show how to flip the finished piece out of Taco Form and into a springy, minimalistic PodCast.Have fun, and THANK YOU to Julia Pretl for another labor-intensive contribution to our open-source library of techniques. This is an old-school animation, frame by frame, from a master of geometric beadwork, and that is why it's so real, and so beautiful.Please feel free to share, and to link to this work for a teaching resource.
The BatCycle Demo: Rotations after first set of Triangles installed Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2021-05-02 | Join us in our BeadALong to learn this form!beadmobile.wordpress.com/2021/05/01/batcycle-beadalong-pattern-downloadThe BatCycle was discovered in 2017 by Claudia Furthner, and this demo in progress was designed and beaded by Kate McKinnon. Before the second set of Triangles is installed, the cycle has many possible stages, including flat flexagons.
How to make a Peyote Warped Square Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2020-04-02 | Julia Pretl animated the process of building a peyote-stitched Warped Square for the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Open Source Library. Please feel free to share as you like!You can choose to reinforce the center start with a few passes (or a knot, if that's your style) or you can wait to do that later when you finish. If you like your squares energetic, springy and cupped, by all means make a snug start. If you like them flatter, leave the start thread loose and tighten it to your liking later before weaving in.Weave in the starting thread and your working thread after your square is the desired size, and consider reinforcing the edge with a final pass of thread through the last two rounds if you want it to be sturdy and stand up to play.The "step-up" (moving from one finished round to the next) is beautifully illustrated here- pay attention to the final stitch of each round - to finish each round, you pass through two beads, which puts you in position to begin the next round.
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: How To Make A Peyote Triangle Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2020-03-30 | Julia Pretl animated the process of building a peyote-stitched Triangle for the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Open Source Library. Please feel free to share as you like!You can choose to reinforce the center start with a few passes (or a knot, if that's your style) or you can wait to do that later when you finish. If you like your triangles energetic, springy and cupped, by all means make a snug start. If you like them flatter, leave the start thread loose and tighten it to your liking later before weaving in.Weave in the starting thread and your working thread after your triangle is the desired size, and consider reinforcing the edge with a final pass of thread through the last two rounds if you want it to be sturdy and stand up to play.The "step-up" (moving from one finished round to the next) is beautifully illustrated here- pay attention to the final stitch of each round - to finish each round, you pass through two beads, which puts you in position to begin the next round.
How To Make A PodCast Bead Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-11-25 | An animation by Julia Pretl for Contemporary Geometric Beadwork that shows how to build a PodCast Bead, a tool we use for "casting off" new work. We will add sound and notes to this for a full tutorial, but for now, I'd like comments - could you make a PodCast just from seeing this?We used size 8 round beads for the center ring and size 11 Delica cylinder beads for the body. It's best to use two different colors for the increase beads, so that it is easy to sort them up and down as they are placed. We alternated blue and gold for our increase beads.Using two different beads for each layer of peyote stitch between the increases is also helpful to see the rounds build. We used orange and purple for this.
Video Excerpt: Advanced: a 2-DROP DECONSTRUCTION Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-10-22 | In a sneak peek of one of the new book projects, Kate takes off a spiral coil, a spine and a Rick-Rack from a PodCast Bead - all done in 2-drop peyote and herringbone. FIND A FREE PATTERN for a 2-Drop PodCast Bead, the core of this Exploding Set, on our website:beadmobile.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/two-drop-podcast-draft-release.pdfBuilding a coil while the Spine is still on the Pod is perhaps not efficient way (much easier to do directly from a Casting Spine) but it is beautiful to see how differently it arranges. Kate shows the finish of the Spine with Stitch-In-The-Ditch at the end of the Deconstruction. (Please note that these techniques won't make much sense if you are unfamiliar with our regular PodCast Bead and Exploding Sets.)
Capturing a Wave Section into Geometric Chain Links Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-10-01 | From the EXPLODING PODCAST SET #1 (full video tutorial here: youtube.com/watch?v=8cr6NhqyTbQ&feature=youtu.be)How to Geometrically Capture a 24-Point Wave Section into a set of geometric chain links that fold flat, or express as a wave in either direction. After Capture, the outside edge of the Wave Section remains unbroken (which is kind of fun to think about, and to fold).This is a great technique - and just more fun with PodCasting and Deconstruction.Note that you can capture 3 octagons just as easily for larger links, or two 12-gons (the largest possible with a 24-point count). We look forward to seeing what you do with this new technique from the Exploding PodCast Set. Please message photos of your own Geometric Chain to our Facebook page, or email them to us at kate@katemckinnon.com.facebook.com/ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork
Video Excerpt: Deconstructing a Square Spiral Bangle from a PodCast Bead Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-22 | A short video excerpt of a study of Square Spirals underway on the CGB Team - this piece was our inspiration, and it was designed and crafted by Joy Davison, also known as JayDee on social media.This piece was made as a bangle, and we are now making it (and other shocking increase/decrease patterns) as long, straight spirals so we can study them properly. Please send photos of your own spirals to me at kate@katemckinnon.com, or message us on Facebook - our page is Contemporary Geometric Beadwork.
Video Excerpt: Adding an MRAW Band to an edge Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-20 | Yes! You can add an MRAW Band to a piece in progress, either on a straight edge or a round bangle. This is how. I am working on the Wave Section of my Exploding PodCast Set, and so far I have built a Circular Casting Spine (exactly to my bangle size) and two straight sizing bands (exactly to my straight bracelet size). I am adding an MRAW Band to the top Sizing Band, and then I will remove the three tools and proceed with finishing my Wave into a beautiful rippled HyperBangle.This is just an excerpt, to teach how to do an MRAW add, inline.
A PodCast Bead Surprise Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-14 | A giant All-Wing / Rick-Rack Jumps into a PodCast Bead form: I made this form in 2013, but it wasn't until I tacked its edges together in 2019 that I saw the PodCast Bead form leap out at me. Incredible!
Deconstruction of an Exploding PodCast Set Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-14 | Edited from a live broadcast September 14th, in which Kate snips apart her Exploding PodCast Set from the September, 2019 BeadALong and shows how to treat each section.
Exploding PodCast Deconstruction Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-14 | An architectural beadwork project by Kate McKinnon
Exploding PodCast Set, STEP 3: Rick Rack Rounds 3-5 Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-13 | A bit of extra help with rounds 3-5 of the Rick-Rack Bangle Section of the PodCast Set - this is edited down from our Facebook Live sessions.
Exploding PodCast Set, STEP 4: The Last Step: TWO CASTING SPINES Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-12 | In this step, we finish the Rick-Rack section (I did the minimum 6 rounds for this section), weave in our thread to finish the section, and add two Casting Spine starts to the PodCast Set so far. This will be the last step before we Deconstruct for the next tasks, which will be to place Stitch -In-The-Ditch rounds on each of the two straight Casting Spines while they are still six rounds of pliable beadwork, and evaluate the removed Rick-Rack Bangle and Wave starter for fit.Please join us live on this channel on Saturday, September 14th, as we Deconstruct this Set and discuss these next steps.
Exploding PodCast Set: A DECONSTRUCTION Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-11 | Kate snips apart an intricate Exploding Podcast Set from Nico Williams.
Exploding PodCast Set, Step 3: THE RICK RACK BANGLE Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-10 | In this step, we begin to add a Rick-Rack Bangle of six beads per side to the PodCast Set, which is currently hosting the Wave as its first addition. This video shows Round 1 and Round 2 being added on top of the Wave Section, which is finished. We will make at least six rounds, and perhaps as many as 12 - it will be your preference when you see how much time the rounds take you.We use a new thread for each section, and we weave in our working tails as we go. If you subscribe to our YouTube Channel, it will notify you when new videos post. After this come the final rounds of the Rick-Rack and then we will move on to Step 4, the addition of two Casting Spines. One of the Spines will grow up to be a Helical Slinky Coil, which you can make many, many things out of (or wear as is) and one will be a tool, for your toolbox.
Exploding PodCast STEP 2: The Wave Section Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-09 | In this step, we add a section to our PodCast Bead that we will remove later, after four sets have been built, one on top of another.This section is called the Wave, and it is six rounds of Hexagon Increase in any colours you like. We used size 11 Delica cylinder beads. We like precision cylinder beads for our work because they show the true geometry of our beads. Round beads work too, but will have a softer, more organic look.
Exploding PodCast Set, STEP 1: from our September 7th BeadALong. Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-09-07 | Step 1 of a new Exploding PodCast Set - this step is only three rounds, but it creates the basic PodCast casting tool that will be the parent on which we will build two bangle starts and two Casting Spines. Bead along with us, and make the whole set. Step 2, the Wave, will publish tomorrow, Sept. 8, and Step 3, the Rick-Rack, will follow on the 9th. The Casting Spines will be shown and discussed on the fourth day, the 10th, and we will deconstruct the Set.If you follow the size chart, your bangles will fit. Just choose XS/S, M, L or XL, and follow the directions.
EXPLODING PODCAST SET #1, April, 2019 Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2019-04-13 | A video tutorial on our last project in process here on team, the Exploding PodCast Set.Variations on this set will be featured in the upcoming CGB Pattern Book. Get started early by making your PodCast and Spine, our two most reliable casting tools. The PodCast build makes a very flexible, soft Spine.Start with a 24-Point PodCast Bead, and add a Wave and a 19" Casting Spine.See fun with the Wave Section of this Set here:youtube.com/watch?v=QuxO9MjN5_o&feature=youtu.be
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: Kaleidocycle Joins - the Jellyfish Assembly Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-17 | Another way to get a beaded Kaleidocycle together - the Jellyfish Net assembly. It folds up and sews closed into a set of Mirror Tetrahedra. Three of these make a Kaleidocycle.
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: Mirror BatHedra Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-17 | A quick note for our Advanced BeadALongers on how to fold up a Butterfly Assembly into a MIRROR BAT-HEDRA to make a BatCycle.(this isn't something we are teaching, it was a project to entertain advanced beaders during a BeadALong, but it will be in our book!).Beadwork by Claudia Furthner (red butterfly assembly) and Joke van Biesen (completed BatCycle).
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork : The Flower Face Join for a Simple Kaleidocycle, PART TWO Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-16 | In PART TWO of this fun Flower Face Join class, we explore several of the ways to join the Ring Of Flowers into a working Kaleidocycle.Will we install a fourth face, decrease it on the spot, bezel a rivoli, or fill the wells with a shocking wash of colour?
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork : The Flower Face Join for a Simple Kaleidocycle: PART ONE Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-15 | PART ONE OF TWO, a complete class from Kate McKinnon on one of the simplest Kaleidocycle joins, the Flower Face Assembly. In Part One, we bring you from a little pile of 18 Flat Peyote Triangles to a joined Flexagon or Kaleidocycle that can have a fourth face added or be finished with one open face.Part Two of this class will show exactly how to add in the fourth face (or create one in place) along with ideas for using the open space, should you choose to leave your Cycle with only three flat faces.
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: KALEIDOCYCLE JOINS, Part Two Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-08 | Part TwoKate McKinnon explores one type of Jellyfish Net join for a Kaleidocycle, and the idea of using only three designs, instead of four, to make the cycle.
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: KALEIDOCYCLE JOINS, Part One Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-07 | Learn how the fascinating turning machines called Kaleidocycles are made out of glass beads and thread. They start with 24 triangles, and are sewn together first into a net, or into individual tetrahedra, and then assembled into a marvel of engineering and design.Kate McKinnon shows several of the techniques that the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork team has devised to include hinges and ideas about morphing surfaces into these pieces.Part One
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: Kaleidocycles and BatCycles Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-05-01 | May BeadALong: Kaleidocycles and Batcycles: what's the difference?Beadwork featured is by Joke van Biesen, Claudia Furthner, and Kate McKinnon.
Taking A Bangle Off Of A PodCast Bead Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-04-04 | Snipping To Separate a Cast From A Casting Model, a close-up view.
Deconstruction, Exploding Sets & the PodCast Bead Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2018-03-30 | Learn a new way to create geometric Zigged and Winged bangle starts without having to plan sizing or use a long peyote start. This is the latest series of innovations from the global, open-source Contemporary Geometric Beadwork project and Kate Mckinnon.
Deconstructing an Exploding Set by Snipping Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2017-02-18 | Kim Van Antwerp uses tiny, pointy scissors to Deconstruct an Exploding Set, beaded by Dustin Wedekind. From the upcoming CGB Pattern Book:http://contemporarygeometricbeadwork.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-for-the-cgb-pattern-book
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: BEADED MACHINES Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2016-02-17 | A type of beaded Kaleidocycle built with Warped Squares. Beadwork and film by Kim Van Antwerp.
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork: MACHINES Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2016-02-13 | This is a dimensional sort of Hexaflexagon called a Kaleidocycle, and it was beaded and filmed by Kim Van Antwerp.Sound bite: Chico Hamilton, 'A Trip'
CGB@ MIT Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2015-10-31 | Kate McKinnon: The Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Project, an introductory lecture at the MIT Stata Center, October 23, 2015.
CGB at MIT, October 12 2015 Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2015-10-26 | This talk by Kate McKinnon was given at the MIT Stata Center on October 12, 2-15, at the conclusion of the Seed Bead Summit that had been ongoing in Boston for the previous week.Apologies that the first minutes of the talk are cut off and the AV quality is low. We often try to catch talks on our phones, but rarely get it exactly right.There is a second talk in this series coming soon - and happily it was professionally filmed by the MIT AV crew. That one is more of a general overview of Kate's personal approach to building the project, and should be up on our channel in the first week of November.
Rick-Rack: Architectural Flower Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2015-04-08 | This video was made to accompany the Architectural Flower Kit, which uses Rick-Rack Stitch and some clever tailoring to create a variety of flower shapes.
The Exploding Round Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2014-04-24 | How to use an Exploding Round to build a new start on an existing piece that has the fit, feel, or structure you want your new piece to mirror. This technique replaces the Removable Guide Round for sheer simplicity, and has the advantage of working well even for people who bead very tightly. Best of all, this is yet another way to avoid a tedious peyote start, or get the RAW architecture in your start without having to build an MRAW Band.Another simple but genius threadpath from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork!
The Cone Stitch! Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2014-04-04 | How to make the double-spiral Cone Stitch, from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, Volume One. Find our books at your local bead store, on Amazon.com, or in Kate's shop:http://katemckinnon.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-bundle-two-volume-set
Catching A Loose Thread From A Twisted Bead Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2014-04-04 | Don't you hate finding loose loops in your beadwork, from beads that were twisted, or thread that was caught around a neighbor?Kate McKinnon shows you a quick fix for the dreaded Night Loop, without cutting your thread. If this video helped you, please feel free to share it, or include it on your web site.Find our books at your local bead store, on Amazon.com, or in Kate's shop:http://katemckinnon.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-bundle-two-volume-set
Zig-Wing Bangle Join Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2013-12-25 | See how we turn a Zigged Band into a Zig-Wing Bangle by adding side increases and joining them. Please note- this is just film of how to make the join, not the entire bangle. Please see our free pattern for this piece at:www.ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork.comFind our books at your local bead store, on Amazon.com, or in Kate's shop:http://katemckinnon.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-bundle-two-volume-set
MRAW Zigged Band from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, by Kate McKinnon: High Definition video Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2013-04-24 | Another fantastic thread path from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, taught by Kate McKinnon.The Zigged Band is the base of our Rick-Rack, Double-Rick-Rack, Fortuneteller Bangle, and can make a Helix Bangle, a Zigged Wing, and many many other forms.www.ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork.comFind our books at your local bead store, on Amazon.com, or in Kate's shop:http://katemckinnon.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-bundle-two-volume-set
MRAW Bellyband & Tri-Wing Ring, from Contemporary Geometric Beadwork by Kate McKinnon. Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Kate McKinnon 2013-04-24 | Learn the fabulous MRAW thread path and make a Tri-Wing Ring, techniques from the book Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, by Kate McKinnon.Find our books at your local bead store, on Amazon.com, or in Kate's shop:http://katemckinnon.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-bundle-two-volume-set
