Cacti are so unusual that they leave no one indifferent. And there is no better gift for inveterate cactiophiles than a cactus , skillfully woven from beads. About how to make a cactus from beads with your own hands and will be a speech in our master class.
Cactus from beads - MK for beginners
In order to build from a bead such a charming cactus does not require any special skills in the art of beadwork, nor much time.
For the craft, you should prepare:
- beads of green color - the amount depends on the size of the craft;
- wire;
- side cutters;
- foam or mounting foam;
- glue.
Let's get to work:
- We will string all the existing green beads on the wire. It will take him a lot, so it's worth the patience.
- Separate the first 8 beads, strung on a wire, and close them in a ring. To do this, let's pass the end of the wire through the first 4 beads. The tail of the wire after this operation will stick out at 1-1.5 cm.
- On the other hand, from the eyelet we leave a piece of wire 7-10 cm long and bite the wire with side cutters. Continue these manipulations until the beads on the wire end.
- Take in hand five branches with rings of beads and weave their long ends together. We will receive here such "prickles".
- From foam, mounting foam or other similar material, we cut out the blank in the form of a cactus. We will paint it with watercolors or gouache in green. We set the workpiece in a plastic cup or a pot, previously pouring on the bottom of any weighting agent (pebbles, coins) to give the craftsman stability.
- We begin to stick in the foam plastic prepared earlier "thorns". You need to do this as tightly as possible, but in order to keep them better, you can pre-dip each in the glue.
- As a result, our procurement will acquire this kind of
- It remains a little - zadekorirovat a glass and decorate the cactus with any suitable form of flowers from beads .
- Cactus from beads - MK for skilful
- This cactus from beads weave is also quite simple, especially if we follow our instructions clearly.
- For the craft, you should prepare:
- beads of green, pink and yellow flowers;
- Styrofoam;
- line;
- wire.
- We begin to weave a cactus from beads:
- We'll start the work with weaving a flower, which consists of 14 petals - 7 small and 7 large. For each small petal, we will string 20 beads (1 pink and 19 light pink) on the line. Let's pass through the light pink beads with the second end of the line in the opposite direction. Pick up at the end of the line another 17 beads of light pink color and wrap it around the main row, having receded from the edge of the 3 beads.
- We will pick up on the fishing line 17 more beads and we will attach them to the bottom of the row. In the end, we get this picture
- We'll sew the next row in the same way, typing 3 more beads for it.
- The last row of petals weave from pink beads. Similarly, we produce large petals, increasing the number of beads in each row by 3-4 pieces.
- From the pink beads we will weave 7 stamens, strung on a line about 8 beads and 1 bead.
- We will connect all details of a flower together, having hooked them to a rigid core.
- We begin the weaving of cactus from beads according to the scheme of mosaic weaving. To do this we need a piece of foam in the shape of an egg. At the top and bottom of the workpiece, it is necessary to make holes for fixing the flower and installing the artifact on the base. After this, we begin to braid the central part of the egg according to the scheme
- The lower and upper parts of the egg will be braided according to the following scheme
- Decorate our cactus with spines, making them according to the scheme
- We will install the cactus in a pot and fill its base with gypsum solution. On the top of the cactus, we will strengthen the flower. The handicraft is ready!
