MAKE YOUR OWN JEWELRY AND IS KAREN MEYERS TELLS US THE SHOP , IS ALSO A PEAK INTO THE PAST.
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>> STEPPING INTO THE B BUSH STUDIO IS LIKE TAKING A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD ARE IN -- WORLD.
>> THIS IS FROM EAST INDIA.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM ALASKA.
>> BEADED NECKLACES AND OTHER JEWELRY FOR -- FROM MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES BIG UP BY STUDIO OWNER JUDY BUSH FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS THEY TRAVEL THE GLOBE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BEATS, -- BEADS, YOU CAN ALMOST TELL WHERE THEY CAME FROM BY THE NATURE OF THE BEATS.
>> HER COLLECTION, AND OWED TO THE HISTORY OF BEADS, AND DOWN OFF THE WALL’S A MODERN-DAY ASSORTMENT OF JUST ABOUT EVERY BEAD MADE TODAY.
EVERY COLOR, TEXTURE, SHAPE, AND SIZE.
ALL YOU NEED IS AN IMAGINATION.
>> YOU CAN MAKE ALMOST ANYTHING YOU WANT.
I CAN DECORATE MY SHOES, PUT SOMETHING ON MY HEAD, I CAN MAKE EARRINGS, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, PINS, BELTS, CLOTHING.
>> BEADING RUNS IN HER FAMILY.
HER MOTHER WAS A BEADER.
SHE OPENED THIS STUDIO IN THE BUILDING BEHIND HER HOUSE IN DEERFIELD.
>> I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
IT HAD TO BE CLOSE.
>> MORE TIME FOR MASTERING THE INFINITE NUMBER OF BEATING -- BEADING TECHNIQUES.
>> YOU HAVE THE PEYOTE, THE AFRICAN HELIX, YOU WILL HAVE THE RUSSIAN SPIRAL ROPE.
IT I ENDLESS -- ROBE.
IT IS ENDLESS.
>> BEAD EMBROIDERY IS JUDY’S FAVORITE.
IT TAKES HOURS.
>> I PICK THE COLOR AND THEY GET OUT ALL OF MY GREEN BEA AND LET THEM TALK TO ME.
ONE AT A TIME.
HER BRACELET IS JUST AS ORNATE.
>> I DESIGNED THIS SHAPE AND IT FITS NICELY ON YOUR WRIST.
SOMETIMES, IT CAN LOOK LIKE GARDENS.
I THINK OF THEM BEADSCAPES.
NOT EVERYTHING TAKES HOURS TO MAKE.
JUDY IS KNOWN TO WHIP UP A PIECE TO COMPLEMENT AN OUTFIT.
>> I CAN STRING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT TAKE ME AN HOUR AND LOOK VERY NICE.
I WOULD STRING THINGS BEFORE I WENT TO WORK BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT LENGTH OR NECKLACE TO GO WITH WHAT I WAS WEARING.
JUDY TEACHES THE ART OF BEADING IN A THREE LEVEL PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN BECOME A MASTER BEADER.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF CLASSES ARE FREE LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS AT THE APPRENTICE LEVEL, NEXT HIS JOURNEY MEANT WHERE YOU EXPEND -- EXPAND YOUR SKILLS.
AS A BEGINNER, ONE OF THE HARDEST TASKS I FOUND WAS PICKING OUT YOUR BEADS.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY CHOICES.
WHERE TO BEGIN?
I THINK I WILL GO WITH BLUE.
>> YOU LIKE THE BLUE?
MHMM.
>> DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER BLUES THAT GO WITH THAT?
>> WE’RE GOING TO MAKE A BRACELET USING GLASS BEADS.
FOR A VARIETY, WE WILL ADD ANOTHER COLOR.
I DON’T SEE ANY BLACKS APPEAR, BUT SOMETHING DARK UP HERE MIGHT WORK TOO.
>> I HAVE ROUNDED UP A HEARTY COLLECTION.
>> ARE YOU ALL SET WITH THE BEADS?
WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH.
WE MOVE ON TO THE WORK ROOM WHERE A WIDE ARRAY OF TOOLS IS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
I DECIDED TO STRING MY BRACELET ON ELASTIC, WHERE IT WILL BE EASY TO SLIP ONTO MY WRIST.
>> WHAT YOU WILL WANT TO DO IS LINE THESE UP, AND PLACE -- AND YOU MAY FIND THREE OF THE -- PLACE THE THREE THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST.
>> LINE THEM UP LIKE A DESIGN?
UH-HUH.
>> ONCE WE MEASURE MY WRIST, WE FIGURE OUT I HAVE TOO MANY BEADS.
SOME MUST GO.
>> THE NICE THING ABO BEADS, IS THAT IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
>> NOW, THE FUN PART.
STRINGING.
THE EASIEST OF THE TECHNIQUES.
>ALL RIGHT, I THINK I’VE STRUNG IT.
TYING THE KNOT TAKS A LITTLE BIT OF PRACTICE, A LITTLE BIT OF SUPER, TRIM THE STRING, AND WHILE -- AND VIOLA.
JUDY FIND AS MUCH JOY IN TEACHING OTHER BEADING AS SHE DOES CREATING HER OWN MASTERPIECES.
>> IT IS JUST FINE.
I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE USE THAT CREATIVE SPIRIT THAT THEY HAVE.
IT IS VERY REWARDING.
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