I've been working on this bead embroidered pin. It's a commissioned piece; a gift for a local civic event. I was told that the giftee loves Lake Ontario as much as I do, so the broach includes a pebble, shell shard and piece of beach glass from the stash of stuff I've been combing from her shores since 1969.
Although intrigued by the work of Sherri Serafini and Robin Atkins, I consciously avoided bead embroidery for the longest time. Which seems particularly silly because hand-embroidery was one of my earliest endeavors...in the 1960s I embroidered amazing (at least that's how I remember them) copies of Cat Stevens album covers on patches for my brother's jeans. His wonderful wife says she saved those patches somewhere, if they ever turn up I'll post pictures.
This past summer the Upstate New York Glass Bead and Jewelry Guild took on a bead quilt project and I--such a huge fan of seed beads--couldn't very well refuse to participate. My worse fears were realized...I love the process and am going now to get back to another pin in progress.
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That is beautiful!! I wish these talents were hereditary!
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