This is a necklace that I entered in the 2005 Nebraska State Fair. It won a lot of awards and a friend of mine wanted me to post a picture so that she can show it to a friend of hers.
Thank you. I made this three months after learning the peyote stitch. I taught myself how to bead around a cabochon. I couldn't figure out how to bead around a glued down cab on fabric, so it was done entirely with beads and no glue. I have since mastered gluing down a cab and beading around it. : )
I have been making jewelry for years. When I first started I did mainly stringing. In May of 2005, a friend taught me how to do peyote stitch. Since then, I have been learning different stitches so that I can make more complex woven jewelry. To date I have learned peyote, right angle weave, Ogalala, herringbone, brick, and the ladder stitch. I want to learn different African beadwork stitches. My goal is to become an "All Nebraska Artist" at the NE State Fair. To do this I have to have the Best of Division award two years (in a five year span) in either Jewelry or Beading. I have received it once in both categories.
2 comments:
Mary-what a beautiful piece of art!
Thank you. I made this three months after learning the peyote stitch. I taught myself how to bead around a cabochon. I couldn't figure out how to bead around a glued down cab on fabric, so it was done entirely with beads and no glue. I have since mastered gluing down a cab and beading around it. : )
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