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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Bead Table Wednesday

Free Form Peyote Stitch Bracelet on my bead table this week.

I was happy to learn that Heather Powers is starting up her Bead Table Wednesday posts. I was part of it when she did it before. I really enjoyed it and met lots of cool beaders as well.

My bead table has several locations. This one is in the house. My others are in my studio which is located in our 1850's renovated barn.
Here I am working on a free form peyote stitch bracelet. I chose the bead colors before I found this ceramic clay focal in my handmade beads stash. I made this bead last year out of porcelain ceramic clay which I fired in my kiln to cone 5 which is about 2200 degrees F. It takes that much heat to mature (harden and seal) this mid range porcelain clay. I love the glassy glossy feel of this focal and the wonderful range of blue colors and how it enhances the seed beads in the bracelet. Hopefully by next week it will be much further along. See you then.

You too can participate in Bead Table Wednesday. Just check out Heather Powers' blog post and see how you can play along.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Lorelei's Fusion Beads.com Challenge Night Owl's Perch

clasp using the green leather cord

As soon as I saw Lorelei's list of beads for this FusionBeads.Com challenge, I knew I was going to do a freeform peyote stitch necklace for my contribution. I had never worked with those little tiny drop seed beads and I imagined a necklace with lots of fringe using them and the leaves. But, peyote stitch has a way of being very bossy. I mean bossy!! Once I picked out the back ground seed beads which are a mix of size 6, and started stitching them together the style of the necklace changed.
I was able to use the following from her recommendations: The green cord to make the clasp; the fire polished glass beads, some Lucite leaves that I had on hand from the Beadin' Path since I couldn't find the bigger ones anywhere; those lovely wooden beads ( there are a few worked into the beadweaving); the tiny size 11 drop beads ( they are used on the clasp, to attach the leaves and to fancy up the top front of the necklace); the owl clasp--I ordered it and it sat on my bead table but would not join in, so I kept its presence in the title of the piece: Night Owl's Perch. We do have a barn owl that lives in the trees around our house and I hear it hooting frequently and can imagine where it sits while it hoots--hence the name.

another pic of the clasp

closeup of the front of the necklace showing off the glass beads and the leaves and those wonderful tiny drop beads

An overview of the necklace

Another overview of the necklace

As you can see from the pics the necklace stands up on its own. That is how it is made. I have sewn it to be stiff and stand up around my neck when I am wearing it. It looks good that way. Actually I stressed over this while I made the necklace but went with it and enhanced what it was already doing by sewing in and out of the beads quite a few times. I also used a double strand of Fire Line size D to make it stiffer.

I must say that I enjoyed making this necklace, shopping for the beads and dealing with the parameters of the challenge. This has been such fun.

THANK YOU LORELEI

I hope you will hop over and see the other folks that participated. Here is the list: The links are live.

http://lorelei1141.blogspot.com/