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By: Robin Payton
Simple Indian beadwork patterns
These are *authentic* patterns. The colors take advantage of modern beads/
stitching.
* * * - turquoise blue
b b b b b - black
b r b b r b r - metallic red
b r r b b r r b Y - yellow
* b b b b r r r b r r r b b b b *
b r r r r r r Y r r r r r r b This symbol represents
b r r r r Y Y Y r r r r b the sun. The sun
b r r Y Y Y Y Y r r b represents "God," or
b r r r r Y Y Y r r r r b whatever you choose to
b r r r r r r Y r r r r r r b call the Creative Force
* b b b b r r r b r r r b b b b * in the universe. Therefore,
b r r b b r r b everything radiates from
b r b b r b the Sun. In a strip-beading
b b b b the Sun should be at the top
* * or beginning of the piece.
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g g g
g r g g g
g g g
g g g g g g g g g g Y g g g g g g g g g g
g g g g Y g g g Y Y * Y Y g g g Y g g g g
g g Y Y * Y Y g g g Y g g g Y Y * Y Y g g
g g g g Y g g g g B g B g g g g Y g g g g
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g
g g g g g g g
g g g g Y g g g g
g g Y Y * Y Y g g
g g g g Y g g g g
g g g g g g g g g
g g g g g
g g g g g
g - golden brown This is the Thunderbird.
r - metallic red The Thunderbird is the Great
Y - metallic gold or yellow Spirit's representative, or
B - black working force in the world.
* - turquoise blue The Thunderbird gets its power
and authority from the Sun.
In all beadwork, the Thunderbird
should be below the Sun, or
after the Sun in a line. The
Thunderbird is the part of "God"
we see by observing nature.
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I will create the patterns for "man" and "arrow of force" tomorrow, or
the next time I feel like doing this.
On my jacket, I have a strip of beadwork running from the top of my right
shoulder, down the front of the jacket, and disappearing just under the sleeve.
At the top is a Sun symbol with an arrow pointing down from it to the
Thunderbird, then an arrow pointing from the Thunderbird down to a man symbol,
then another arrow pointing to me. This is a "Chain of Being" type statement,
made in Native American symbolism.