Random Beadwork

Another beadwork piece from the past. A bit of freeform peyote and netting to form an organic looking cuff bracelet. I do love to do freeform work, but I have issues with my tension. If I'm not paying attention, I tend to pull things way too tight. Most of my freeform pieces end up standing up by themselves.


And one of my early, early beaded spiral lariats. Somehow, this piece has followed me through several life changes and moves across states and has survived for years intact. I never wear it. It just gets tossed from one box to the next.

The Bead Art in the logo/icon

Every now and then someone askes me about the beaded pieces in the logo, so here she is... A face pin, with leafy fringe.

And as to the icon that I am using....that was a lovely doll who shared Best in Show with her sister at a small art show in Philadelphia. They are about 9" tall. Forrest has a netted shawl that she is holding behind her. Sea was based on the night sky over the ocean.

Another Beaded Dragon

Another bead creation from the past:

I made this Beady Dragon several years go for a lady down in Texas. Purples, silvers, clears, and blue eyes.

When I was much younger, I would make different creatures out of my beads to play with as toys. This gave me a great freedom to have what ever toy I could figure out how to make. I would have a herd of simple beaded horses or a fairy or a mermaid....anything I could dream of.

I guess I've always had a knack for visualizing something in 3D. These beaded dragons are of my own design, and I never really wrote up how to do them because they always change, depending on how the beads handle the number of times the wire has to go through them.

New Bead Class Project - Mandella Medallion

There is a local-ish shop that I teach the advanced classes on beading just about every Saturday. The owner is really nice and the regulars there are ready to lend a hand whenever you need one.


I'm writting this beaded medallion up to be a new class for the next schedual. Pretty simple, quick design, but has crystals in it. One of the things we've noticed is that people will sign up more for the projects that have crystals in them. Personally, I'm beginning to feel that crystals are being over used, and I tend to stay away from them as the focus of my designs....most of the time =)


Plus, people tend to like doing projects that they can finish in one class setting. Unfortunatly, most of the classes I teach take longer than the 3 hours per class to finish a project, as I try to focus on the technique oover a finished piece. And we lost one of intermediate teachers for a little bit, so I'm covering some of her classes. I'm having a blast, plus it gets me out of the house.






A color variation for the samples for the class.

No pay, but the owner lets us take other classes for free. Last week I got to take a Russian Snake class. It's one of the few weaves I hadn't gotten around to learning and it's a pretty neat one. I have to figure out a varaition to use it for...though, it's rather pretty on it's own.... hard to take a nice photograph of it.

Dryad Necklace

Something a bit new..... something that a dryad might wear...

Another random experiment in playing with those lovely rivolis. They are very intimidating to work with. How can anything compare to their sparkle and fire?

I created a beaded cab for this one that completely encases the back side in 15's to help hold it. The bail lets it slide along the bugle and seed beaded strap. The beaded Russian Leaves also slide around and sometimes lets the rivoli peek out as if darting through a forest.

Color-wise, the leaves are not as purple or light brown...something strange seems to be going on with my camera.