Student Orientation & Curriculum Guide 
Curriculum
Electives: Bead Stringing

There is an art and skill to stringing beads on cord.   First, of course, is the selection of beads for a design, and the selection of the appropriate stringing material.   Then is the selection of a clasp or closure, appropriate to the design and use of the piece.  This continues with choosing the strategy for stringing beads with cord, including choices about knotting, braiding, using multiple strands and a single tie-off, multiple strands with multiple tie-offs.  

CRITICAL SKILLS TO LEARN:
- Knowing what all the parts (jewelry findings) are, how they are used, and their strengths and weaknesses
- Knowing about the quality of beads, and what happens to beads (and their finishes) over time
- Knowing about the quality of metals, and what happens to metals (and their finishes) over time
- Knowing about stringing materials, and when and when not to use specific ones
- Some understanding of how and when to use different types of glues
- Some understanding of tools and needles
- Understanding how to choose clasps, and what a "clasp assembly" is
- Learning how to use cable wires, crimp beads, crimp covers and horseshoes in crimping
- Learning how to use needle, thread and beeswax in bead stringing
- Learning how to put knots between beads
- Learning about wires, metals, tools to make shapes and structural components
- Learning basics of jewelry design principles
--- Colors, color schemes, special considerations when using beads and colors
--- Principles of Composition
--- Principles of Form and Function

Course Electives:
Orientation to Beads and Jewelry Findings
GEN6003/BS0001: Basics of Bead Stringing and Attaching Clasps
BS0003:  Pearl Knotting
WIRE9001:Orientation to Wire and Wire Shaping - Jewelry Findings
Then begn the Jewelry Design Sequence with:
GEN6001: Introduction to Color
GEN6006: Jewelry Design I: Composition and Design Principles
GEN6008:  Jewelry Design II:  Jewelry Forms in Relation to the Body

Also, view our general co-curricular courses listed underGeneral

such as Jewelry Design, Color, and other general co-curricular courses.