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CULTURE WORKSHOPS
Facilitated by Sparrow and Charley Narcomey at the San Diego American Indian Health Center, 2630 First St., San Diego, CA 92103 by Roy Cook, Opata-Oodham, Mazopiye Wishasha: Writer, Singer, Speaker
WHEN: WHERE: WHO CAN ATTEND: Here is part of the attached file with the schedule of Gourd dance gear workshops at the clinic. Each week lists materials to bring as well. We work under the AAIR (formerly CAIR) program through CRIHB. The program no longer allows for materials, so we are asking the clients to provide their own. If people are interested and have special requests for projects, please have them e-mail us at healingthecircle(at)yahoo(dot)com. All requests will be considered. April 15th – Gourd Rattles – cut holes for handle, clean and fill gourd, glue handle to gourd, begin design on gourd. Materials to bring: peanut gourd (or gourd of your choice), stick for rattle handle, your choice of filler. (Popcorn, bb’s, pebbles or mixture approx 1/4 - 1/3 cup). April 22nd – Gourd Rattles Cont’ – design and paint gourd. Begin peyote stitch beading of handle. Materials to bring: several colors of 11/0 seed beads, size 11 or 12 bead needles, size B or D Nymo (we will provide paints for those who wish to paint a design on the gourd.) April 29th – Gourd Rattles Cont’ – peyote stitch beading of handle. May 6th – Gourd Rattles Cont’ – finish peyote stitch beading of handle. May 13th – afternoon class-complete unfinished projects.. Warriors and Friends: Here are some background information and some instructions. All subject to change depending on the beading instructor.
Further, Native American Church items such as fans and staffs utilize the gourd stitch in many forms: Brick, three drop, four drop and the Comanche stitch. Native Americans prefer to term this stitch "gourd stitch," but this would apply more particularly to tubular peyote stitch (also known as Gourd stitch). This is also known in the beading world as the name of an off-loom bead-weaving technique. 1) Cut about 1 yard of thread, and thread your needle. 2) Pick up 12 white beads and tie them in a circle with a square knot, leaving about a 10 to 12 inch tail. The tail will be used later to reinforce the top rows of the cylinder and to make the loop on which to hang the ear wires.
4) Bring the needle through the 1st bead a second time.
Pick up another bead and bring the needle through the 5th bead in row 1. Pick up a bead and come through the seventh bead in row 1. Pick up a bead and come through the nineth bead in row 1. Pick up a bead and come through the eleventh bead in row 1. 6) Pick up another bead and bring the needle through the first bead in row 1 and the first bead in row 2. From now on, you'll end each row by going through two beads: the first bead of the previous row and the first bead of the current row.
8) Pick up the sixth white bead and go through two beads: the first bead of the previous row and the first bead of the current row. By now you may have noticed that the 12 beads in the first row have shifted slightly, so that every other bead is lower than the rest. Although you've beaded only three rows, you actually have four, because the first circle of beads has split into two rows. Here are some more Indian bead-working tips for counting your rows. 9) Begin row 5 by picking up one D, one W, one D, one W, one D, and one W. 10) Bead Rows:
11. Bead 3 more rows of solid white.
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