For almost every person, beads are ordinary beads, which are used by almost everyone, so no one is interested in how it appeared and how it was used in embroidery. The material itself arose together with glassmaking in Venice. In the 19th century, almost all things began to decorate beads: ordinary ink-pots, handbags, popular beadwork. The history of the appearance of sewing by this material is quite long, the ladies in the 90's did not respect themselves, if they did not have at least one dress decorated with a glass bead in the wardrobe.
Peak of popularity
Beads - refined in its qualities of the material, since ancient times it has attracted the attention of thousands of masters. Glass beads, which appeared before the glass beads, adorned the robes of the pharaohs. The history of embroidery with beads starts from the time when the first attempts to invent this material were made in Russia. In 1930-1950, active use of beads in embroidering and weaving began. Fashion included dresses and wallets, actively embroidered with glass beads, as well as fennels, which were worn by hippies.
Fake pearls
The history of embroidery with beads, briefly stated, includes a story about the origin of the bead itself, as well as the method by which it began to produce paintings, dresses, pillows and other household items. According to the hypothesis, the name itself came from the Arabic "busra" or "bucer", which meant "fake pearls". Over time, it changed a little, and the name bead-bead appeared. However, in different countries the name of this material comes from the glass beads that we used to be, which was used for embroidery with beads. The story tells that the beads of the old sample were significantly different from modern ones in size. "Pearl" of that time was considerably inferior in scale and was larger. Working with a material that had a diameter of 0.2 millimeters was very difficult, for this special special games were made. Sometimes even the thinnest material did not go inside, and needlewomen for the stitches had to remove the microneedle and for another puncture of the fabric again to put it on.
Color and fame
The number of shades was really amazing, at the beginning of the 19th century it was about 800 units, in addition, it was far from the limit of diversity. Throughout the century it was possible to easily reproduce any drawings, perform paintings, decorate dresses, shoes and bags. Beads seriously imitated rubies and emeralds, as well as pearls. In the same century, created a variety of jewelry, purses, as well as dresses that decorated the embroidery with beads. The history of the creation of paintings has gained a high popularity, but soon this popularity was seriously damaged and completely disappeared. The beginning of the second revival - the first half of the 20th century at the time when baubles and hand-embroidered handbags appeared.
Technology of use in our time
The production of beads has not changed much in recent years, although new models have appeared that are made in the form of hearts, ovals, asterisks and even squares. Such material is more often used during the braiding of bracelets, necklaces or dressing of dresses and other things. Designers increasingly include beads in their ideas, and in addition, they show things strewn with beads in fashion shows. Now in fashion a variety of bracelets, bags, belts and earrings, made of beads of various shapes and shades. Basically the history of embroidery with beads extends many centuries ago, but even now it has not changed much, and modern women still work miracles with the help of a piece of canvas or canvas and a small glass bead.
Hobbies or earnings
It's no secret that in the modern world almost all manual work has been replaced by machines, this applies to embroidery, arts and crafts, the creation of bracelets and chains. Now all this is done at special plants on a large scale. That's why many connoisseurs of manual work are ready to give out a lot of money, just to get a unique belt, chain, bracelet or earrings. In fact, in the modern world for girls, an obvious hobby is beadwork. The history of the development and appearance of the beads and machinery themselves does not affect this at all, it's just that women like to do something for themselves and others.
Earnings on such products can be decent enough, but only if you really do something interesting and worthwhile, which is not in the modern market, so unique is the beadwork. The history of the origin of this art goes back centuries. Despite this, the needlewoman can find for herself something that really suits her and will be popular among buyers. It can even be a large carpet on the wall, embroidered completely by hand. Such art will please the buyer.