Ginger's Inspiration Book

A large scrap book is good for keeping all your ideas together. Add pictures and fabric with color combinations that you like. Next staple a zip-lock bag which holds threads and beads that coordinate with the pictures you have added. This process gives me more ideas than I have the time to create.

	The "Volcano" which is just a few miles away from where I live, is a constant source of inspiration with its hot flowing colors. This picture shows the lava cascading into the sea with the moon shining on the water.
Lava flowing to the sea. You can see the smoke for miles it causes a haze that we call "Vog" .	Photographed by Jamie Perry copyright by Perry Ink

Hawaiian Lava Flow
These necklaces were inspired by many trips taken to Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. As I watched the flow, two rivers of lava came cascading down the cliff from two directions and come together in the middle. It looked like a necklace of fire! For weeks I thought of that sight, and wondered how I could make a necklace that had the design of that beautiful flow and hot look that I saw in the lava. Finding just the right hot colored beads helped imitate the dripping effect needed for these creations. Looking for just the right beads and threads is like going on a treasure hunt. I'm never sure just what will work and sometimes change beads at the last minute - perhaps just as Madame Pele's mind changes as she sends the lava coursing this way and that down the steep cliffs.

When the necklace is not being worn it can hang on a wall, making it truly wearable art.

Tide pool

This tide pool neck was woven in a totally new way. almost like a spiders web to enable the odd shaped stones and shells to all fit.

My love for the Sea and all creatures
that live in it influence the designs below.


Turtle Bay While watching the beautiful turtles in our waters I decided to create a "Turtle Bay" necklace.	Blue Lagoon The miniature blue enamel tang fish that inhabit our reefs inspired this necklace. They seem to cry out for a lagoon theme in beautiful blues and foamy white colors. The little pearly seashells look like a good proportion and the clear glass beads dangled like water drops. Iridescent threads give the shimmering impression of fish scales with flickering shafts of light streaking through the water when swimming in a blue lagoon. The beautiful blue tang fish	Sunset While attempting to come up with a combination of colors that I normally do not use, I witnessed a breathtaking Hawaiian sunset. It inspired me to use these flamboyant hues. The blend came out very unusual and distinctive. During a visit to Alaska I was over -whelmed to see a sunset with identical hues.

King's Trail

My Kids

Macaw Feathers

This was inspired by the ancient rock
trails that weave around the Big Island of Hawaii. King Kamehameha commanded his servants to find large beach worn oval rocks and place them across the jagged, inhospitable lava fields. It made for much easier walking. Along these trails are many ancient petroglyphs engraved into the hard lava. The gold fisherman petroglyph, along with some small seashell charms represent the many shells that wash up along the rugged coast line.

Macaws are constant inspirations
for needleweavings with their fantastic feathers and color combinations. I'm always picking up beautiful
feathers while cleaning
birdcages. It often looks
like a rainbow with all the
many colors.

More Macaw Photos
One day to three months progress
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Parrot feather
needleweaving

Ginger in 1980

Seahorse and fish are carved from bone. The look of seaweed was created with tiny seed beads.

Needleweaving Lesson Index Page All lessons on one page
Click to go to Lesson #1(Introduction to Needleweaving)
Click to go to Lesson #2 (Looking at ideas for Needleweaving and reading about the elements of design.)
Click to go to Lesson #3 (A fun day with Sue). We gathered threads and beads for needleweaving.
Click to go to Lesson #4 (Photos on designing and planning your necklace)
Click to go to Lesson #5 African Needleweaving Project #1 Pictures show the necklace progress on one page
Click to go to Lesson #6 (Add linen warp, (Vertical Threads)
Click to go to Lesson #7 (We will be adding the beads and the fun begins)
Click to go to Lesson #8 (We are going to start Weaving)
Click to go to Lesson #9 (Learning to make a Lark's head Knot and finish off the bottom warps)
Click to go to Lesson #10 ( Adding warp threads for the straps and finishing)

Needleweaver's Studio
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Needleweavers INFO
Pattern for #1 Project

Needleweaver's Necklace #1
Info about # 1 Project

Needleweaver's Supply List
Bank Pins. Linen Threads, Books,Inspiration ideas, Carved Forks
Supply List of Supplies,

Needleweaver's Showcase
Member's Necklaces

NEEDLEWEAVER'S
FASHION SHOW
(Canceled no interest)

"All That Glistens
is not Gold"
Helen BanesWorkshop

Ginger'a Needleweaving Workshop
Ginger's Workshop

"African Needleweaving Project #1"
Pictures show the African Necklace progress
Needleweaving Lesson Index
Lessons for Project #1
Lessons 1 to 10

Needleweaver's Feature Artist
Inspiration for # 1 Project

Inspiration Projects
Inspiration Gallery 1 Hawaiian THIS PAGE
Gallery 2 Southwest
Gallery 3 Cultures
Gallery 4 Fancy and Misc.

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Weaving Poems
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