Jewelries are ornaments worn on the body to make it look less plain or practically more attractive. Examples of these are the necklace, bracelet, earring, anklet, and ring. The origin of these things dates back from the primitive times. If you see a picture of your ancestors, you will see them wearing alot from head to foot that is because primitives wear them more like a clothing rather than an accessory as we treat them nowadays.
Aside from being an expression of art, like how they consider tattoos to be, they play several roles and convey different meanings. Like today, they are used to fix the hair and hold dresses together. They are also an indicator as to which tribe one belongs and his position or status in that certain community. While to some, these hand knotted jewelry are divine objects that will protect them from harm.
If you have seen ethnic movies, especially those depicting American Indians and other cultural tribes, you will see that their style of dressing is almost filled with accessories. Sometimes you can no longer even make out their faces because they have piercings all over. But the most attention grabbing is the amount of necklaces they wear.
These dangles are mostly hand knotted. The materials used are carved wood and plant fibers. During those days, the accessories are used by everyone may they be male or female and even children. That is why it became a common activity to hand knot jewelries.
Because these jewelries are very valuable to them, they actually hold it as a very valuable belonging. It happened that giving them as a gift has become a thoughtful act. This is basically because it is more personal and the one in possession of it, likely holds it as a remembrance. Gradually, it has become a practice and people would do them particularly when parting.
With this, the craft became a much sought skill and people try to learn it at any cost. This craft is not hard to acquire though. You only need to learn the basic steps in order to master it. With practice, you will gradually be skillful with it in no time.
Before beginning to work on it, of course you need the necessary things to get started. In this case, since it is all about knotting, tweezers will be better to use than pliers. Also prepare the beads. Make sure that they have holes where you can insert the cord to string them together.
One more thing. Be attentive when doing this. Some designs include small beads and they usually fall if not carefully handled. This will cause hassle while working because you have to pick them up so that you will not meet any accident by stepping on it and falling.
Now here is the procedure. Thread the bead into the cord and then hold it in place. Wrap the cord around your fingers twice before pulling it out just like tying a knot. To make sure the beads are secured in place, use the tweezers to direct the knot closer to the bead and then tighten it to prevent the bead from hanging lose. And then do the same procedure until you finish creating your own hand knotted accessory.
Aside from being an expression of art, like how they consider tattoos to be, they play several roles and convey different meanings. Like today, they are used to fix the hair and hold dresses together. They are also an indicator as to which tribe one belongs and his position or status in that certain community. While to some, these hand knotted jewelry are divine objects that will protect them from harm.
If you have seen ethnic movies, especially those depicting American Indians and other cultural tribes, you will see that their style of dressing is almost filled with accessories. Sometimes you can no longer even make out their faces because they have piercings all over. But the most attention grabbing is the amount of necklaces they wear.
These dangles are mostly hand knotted. The materials used are carved wood and plant fibers. During those days, the accessories are used by everyone may they be male or female and even children. That is why it became a common activity to hand knot jewelries.
Because these jewelries are very valuable to them, they actually hold it as a very valuable belonging. It happened that giving them as a gift has become a thoughtful act. This is basically because it is more personal and the one in possession of it, likely holds it as a remembrance. Gradually, it has become a practice and people would do them particularly when parting.
With this, the craft became a much sought skill and people try to learn it at any cost. This craft is not hard to acquire though. You only need to learn the basic steps in order to master it. With practice, you will gradually be skillful with it in no time.
Before beginning to work on it, of course you need the necessary things to get started. In this case, since it is all about knotting, tweezers will be better to use than pliers. Also prepare the beads. Make sure that they have holes where you can insert the cord to string them together.
One more thing. Be attentive when doing this. Some designs include small beads and they usually fall if not carefully handled. This will cause hassle while working because you have to pick them up so that you will not meet any accident by stepping on it and falling.
Now here is the procedure. Thread the bead into the cord and then hold it in place. Wrap the cord around your fingers twice before pulling it out just like tying a knot. To make sure the beads are secured in place, use the tweezers to direct the knot closer to the bead and then tighten it to prevent the bead from hanging lose. And then do the same procedure until you finish creating your own hand knotted accessory.
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