Fun with Chinese Knotting - Making Your Own Fashion Accessories & Accents

Fun with chinese Knotting-(Berkeiey)

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Fun with chinese Knotting-(Berkeiey)

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FORMATION SKILLS 21

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Principles of color blending

Most people select colors according to personal preference. However, a simple insight

into the principles of color blending can intensify knotting formations.

Through a prism, sunlight can be broken down into its seven colors, namely red,

orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, each having its own clarity and bright-

ness. As shown in diagram 38, the blending of blue and yellow, with yellow being

brighter and clearer than blue, produces a pleasant contrast and also emphasizes the

weave pattern of the knot. Blending colors of low brightness and clarity tends to pro-

duce a harmonious effect, for example dark green and dark brown, dark purple and

dark blue. For loud, eye-catching contrast, colors like yellow and purple, orange and

blue or, as in diagram 39, red and light green, are best.

The matching of similar colors, for example warm colors together, such as red,

orange and yellow, or cold colors together, such as blue, indigo, green and purple,

tends to inject a sense of harmony and unity into a knot formation. Colors in between

the warm and cold ranges, for example purple and reddish purple, as shown in

diagram 40, are equally harmonious. Colors outside the normal spectrum, like

black, white, gold and silver, have great potential to add interest to a knot for-

mation as they are easy to blend with other any color.

Color blending plays a central role in the design

of knot formations. In this charming pendant, the

blue of the stone face is carried through to the

intertwining blue and gold of the stone chime

knot, based on an ancient Chinese percussion

instrument, to the golden side knots embedded

in shiny beads – a fine display of the blending of

cold colors with neutral colors and neutral colors

with warm colors.

See project 48 on page 131 for instructions on

making this bracelet.

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