2 hours with Tyvek - Denise

Lisa and I had our first play session on Wednesday. She had not made beads with Tyvek before, so that was our starting point.

Lisa making Tyvek bead

We started with the type of beads I usually make; triangles of painted Tyvek wrapped around an orange stick and fastened with polyester metallic thread.

Lisa's bead in progress

Some finished beads

Then the experiments started. 'What if....?'

What if I cut a different shape?

Not much difference - slightly rounded ends

What if I cut a fringe?

Fringe wrapped round orange stick

Half way through heating

Finished bead

We really liked this effect, so we did some more, including trying fringing at both ends.

Single fringe

Double fringe

Double fringe wrapped

Double fringe with one side heated

Completed double fringe bead

This is the result of our two hours work:

Denise's beads

Lisa's beads

We will be back next week with another Two hours with ......

Denise