Beading - the Creative Spirit

Finding Your Sacred Center Through the Art of Beadwork

Wendy Ellsworth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2009
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US (Verlag)
978-1-59473-267-6 (ISBN)

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Rich with personal stories, exercises and beading projects, offers multiple ways to explore beading as a spiritual journey of self-discovery. Each project has a meditative experience to encourage a contemplative spirit and creative play. Includes fourteen projects to make, use, wear and display.

BEADING invites readers on a spiritual pilgrimage into the kaleidoscope world of glass and colour. Believing that beading is a form of meditation through which we can access the Creative Spirit that is always present in us, Ellsworth offers multiple ways to explore
beading as a spiritual journey of self-discovery. Each of the seven chapters is rich with personal stories, exercises and beading projects and each project has a meditative experience to encourage a contemplative spirit and creative play. The project results are beautiful and meaningful, designed by a master bead artist for both novice and experienced beaders alike.
Projects Include:
. Geometric Mandala, Personal Mandala
. Beaded Prayer Pouch, Personal Prayer Beads
. Beaded Stick Figure, Necklace with Pendant
. Chakra Flowers, Chakra Necklace
. Free-Form Gourd Stitch Bracelet, Ruffled Cabochon Brooch
. Dutch Spiral Necklace, Spiral Vessel
. Song Beads, Herringbone Stitch Cuff

Rev.Wendy Ellsworth is an internationally recognised professional bead artist, whose works are represented in the permanent collections at the Museum of Art and Design, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1

1 Find Your Center
For Equilibrium and Balance 7
Exercise: Creating a Comfortable Space 17
Project 1: Geometric Mandala 19
Meditation: Asking for Personal Symbols 26
Project 2: Personal Mandala 28

2 Knock on Spirit's Door
Using Beads to Pray 35
Exercise: Blessing the Materials 47
Meditation: Accessing Your Right-Brain Creative Spirit 49
Project 3: Personal Prayer Beads 52
Project 4: Beaded Prayer Pouch 55

3 Stir the Pot
In Search of the Authentic Self 63
Exercise: Focusing—The Sacred Triangle 76
Beginning Meditation 78
Project 5: Goddess Archetype Necklace 80
Project 6: Beaded Stick Figure Goddess 86
Ending Meditation 90

4 Spin the Wheels of Life
For Integration and Wholeness 93
Exercise: Visualizing the Vertical Currents of Core Energy 105
Project 7: Chakra Necklace 108
Meditation: Bringing In the Light 113
Project 8: Chakra Flower Sculpture 117

5 Shake Up Your Palette
Playing with Light and Color 123
Exercise: Shake Up Your Palette 138
Project 9: Free-form Gourd Stitch Bracelet 141
Meditation: Color 147
Project 10: Ruffled Cabochon Brooch 149

6 Dance with the Rhythm
Ten Tools of Creative Expression 157
Exercise: Drawing Spirals 174
Project 11: Dutch Spiral Necklace 176
Meditation: Spirals 180
Project 12: Spiral Vessel 182

7 Bead Your Bliss
Sing Your Song 189
Exercise: Discovering Your Song 202
Project 13: Song Beads 204
Meditation: Beauty 208
Project 14: Herringbone Stitch Cuff with
Freshwater Pearls 210
Inspiration for the Future: Creating a Bead Challenge 217

Resources 219
Bibliography 221
Project Index 225

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.2009
Verlagsort	Woodstock
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-59473-267-1 / 1594732671
ISBN-13	978-1-59473-267-6 / 9781594732676
Zustand	Neuware