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Anda-gumi Beaded Braid Class

Braider Bob Studios

I’m delighted to be teaching my Anda-gumi beaded bracelet class at Bead & Button 2017. This bracelet is something I developed over a 2 year period. It’s based on a fiber version by the same name by Makiko Tada, my amazing Japanese Kumihimo sensei (teacher).

The Anda-gumi braid began life on the Takadai, a Japanese braiding frame used to make narrow bands. Takadai braids are often used as obijime (ties for Kimono), straps and bands, and in modern times, even neckties. A fiber artist, Jenny Parry, has made some incredible art pieces on the Takadai using traditional methods and non-traditional fiber.

Here’s a picture I took in Iga, Japan, in 2016, of Mr. Hirosawa, one of Japan’s foremost Kumihimo artists, working on a takadai in is studio.

Hirasawa-sensi at the takadai
Close up of working the braid
The pattern in the braid

One of my classes is sold out, but there are 5 seats left on Saturday, June 10th. If you’d like more information or (hopefully) to sign up, please click here to go the Bead & Button website. Happy Braiding!

BraiderBob Studios

Braider Bob Studios

BraiderBob Studios is (hopefully) finally on-line. This site is a front-end for information and products related to braiding. My focus is on fiber braids, especially Japanese (Kumihimo) and Andean. The driving force behind this site was to get a store up and running to offer my portable core stands, along with eclectic or exotic fibers I run in to from time to time. I am starting to expand my foray into teaching. After several classes in the Miami area for the South Florida Jewelry Arts guild, I branched out to teach in Cleveland, Ohio for Jane Peterson’s Kumihimo Study group, and was recently accepted by Bead and Button to teach in their Milwaukee show in 2017. I hope that you will join me in my journey!

-“BraiderBob” Galivan, Miami, Florida, November 2016

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