A woman would probably not be a woman if all sorts of jewelry had practically not attracted her from the diaper. Beads have a special magical power for perception on the female imagination. It attracts both little girls with simple and uncomplicated baubles, as well as socialite lionesses with luxurious beaded jewelry that gives each its own individuality and charm.
Bracelets made from beads, necklaces and necklaces have long entered the life of a woman, and it all began a very long time ago.
Ever since prehistoric times, samples of beads carved from bone or stone have come down to us. For several millennia BC in Syria, then in Lebanon, they began to make beads in a artisanal way, which were considered amulets in those days. The Phoenicians established an exchange trade in beads, which spread throughout the Mediterranean.
In Mesopotamia, wearing beads was a sign of wealth and high standing in society. In Egypt, they learned how to make beads by depositing glass mass into pieces of quartz, they were quite expensive, and the pharaohs wore them, set in gold, as amulets, bead bracelets were not yet invented.
The most significant place for the production of beads subsequently became Venice. Beads began to be used for the production of rosaries. A corporation of masters for the production of beads and colored beads appeared. Machine manufacturing appeared at the beginning of the 19th century, beadwork began to develop. Bracelets and pendants, wallets embroidered with colored glass and pads, buckles and brushes - all were in demand among fashionistas and women of fashion of past centuries.
At the end of the 19th century, Art Nouveau artists and the technique of weaving bracelets, as well as other all kinds of jewelry, drew attention to beadwork all over the world. Beaded trimmed women's clothing and home decoration, women's handbags and elegant shoes. Beadwork gradually entered a number of creative crafts and thousands of needlewomen around the world began to study an interesting decoration technique.
This fashion came to Russia a little later, but it took root and took deep roots. This is due to the fact that Russian women have always been engaged in needlework, and a new type of creativity was quickly able to captivate them, adding Russian ethnic motifs to this type of creativity. When the enthusiasm for this type of creativity was in its prime, it decorated almost everything: albums, caskets, wallets, pouches and pens. It was used for the manufacture of fireplace screens, upholstery for furniture and desktop items.
Nowadays, the technique of weaving from colored beads has been divided into two directions: The first is small jewelry, such as bead bracelets, necklaces, chains, ties. And the second, no less common direction is large interior details, such as wall panels. Using beads, the beauty of nature is transmitted in the form of flowers, trees, landscapes and other images.
Connoisseurs of beadwork say that beads have some kind of magic and products created, it would seem, by simply connecting colored glass pieces with a thread and a needle, captivate the soul for many years.
In America, masters of this type of creativity are called bead artists. After all, these are really artists, masters of their craft, who create masterpieces from small colored beads and pieces of leather, fabric, stones, metal fittings and so on. Masters in this art form are known from many countries, such as Karen Paust, Edda Bloom, Margot Field.
Bracelets made from beads, necklaces and necklaces are now created by many Russian masters of this wonderful direction in creativity. Their works are distinguished by femininity and grace, and unbridled imagination and strict style and ethnic folk basis. Beads are still imported mainly from Europe. The needlewomen, before starting to create their creation, carefully choose the material, because it is very important that the product, which may become a masterpiece later, does not lose its original appearance for many years or even decades.