Several months ago, I thought of a great book idea - coronation or royal jewelry in seed beadwork, I have been toying with several ideas and pieces over the last several months, including the inspiration for a piece that I just finished. See the medallion in the center? I could see it in my mind, but wasn't certain.
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| (p.s. I have misplaced my reference for this photo - I know it's around here and I will credit and link to the original when I can find it) |
How was I going to do this? Brick, peyote, RAW? Nope, bead embroidery. I drew up a sketch with some ideas that I thought was going to work? Crystal chain? Yes,this was going to be my friend with this piece. I cut the base out of a bead embroidery base fabric, glued and sewed the chain down. I beaded around this and ended up cutting the round bits off the piece. I realized that I was going to have to bezel some 39ss rivolis for the corners, which are then joined with the 3-bead picot that is around this piece. A 14mm glass pearl is in the center of the piece with layers of square stitch beading to give it height.
It was finished this afternoon (except maybe for a pearl pendant at the bottom) and I think that I captured the essence of the piece. I adapted a bail at top, replacing the crown that was in the original.
Happy Thanksgiving!
