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Yeah, I hate when people demand tutorials for everything, especially when there are already tutorials for the type of kandi they want to make (mask, cuff, flat peyote charm etc) and they want a separate tutorial for a specific style or pattern.

To clarify, I wasn't talking about gas masks in that comment. I was just talking about tutorials in general. When you're good at something or when it comes (relatively) easy to you, it can be hard to understand that it's incredibly difficult for other people. I suspect that's what's happening with HaloDiablo. I've been in the same situation with coding. I didn't realize how much easier it was for me until I tried to teach someone. I started to elaborate on what I mean by incredibly difficult, but I think I've said too much already. What it comes down to is that if we want to have a large, thriving kandi making community, we need to have tutorials. Most people won't spend weeks or months teaching themselves how to make a cuff. And no, we're not better off without those people Ok, we're better off without some of them, but I don't want to give up the good ones, lol.

I remember when cuffs and huge pieces were rare. Everyone used to be amazed by my pattern cuffs and take photos of them. I don't miss that though. I like that kandi has become popular, and it wouldn't have happened without the tutorials available on the internet. There has to be a balance between encouraging people to be creative and helping them learn the techniques. There are many, many people who can't just look at a complicated piece of kandi and figure out how it's made, but who are very creative and once they learn a technique, can apply their own style to the piece. If you refuse to teach anyone how to make things you'll be excluding all those people. Plus, once those people learn a few existing techniques, they become more capable of creating new kinds of kandi by themselves. There will always be people who copy things exactly. I don't see how that can be avoided, but I definitely don't think that refusing to teach anyone anything is the answer. That would lead to less copying but it would probably also lead to less innovation overall because there wouldn't be as many people making kandi. I don't think kandi would be as advanced as it is today if we didn't have such a large kandi-making community, and we have tutorials to thank for that.

I want to learn too, but no ones being nice enough to show me how.

"MrBreadMonkey": I'm going to try to be making a tutorial soon because 1) so many people keep requesting them, and 2) I need more videos on my channel for sure. Message me if you want more info. WILL DO