[Nfb-krafters-korner] bead work from Linda

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Linda,
 
You sent this from another email address of yours.  So it did not go  
through to the list.
 
From: "Lynda Lambert" <_llambert at zoominternet.net_ 
(mailto:llambert at zoominternet.net) >
To:  "List for blind crafters and artists" 
<_nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org_ (mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org) >
Subject:  Re:  Beadwork
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:37:39 -0400
 
The material I do my encrusted beadworking on is:  Lacy's Stiff Stuff.  I 
dye it dark gray or black before working on it so that the white does not  
shine
through the beads. That is my preserence, you may want to leave it  white 
but I don't want any of the white surface to peek through. 
 
After the beadworking is completed on the surface, then I glue it directly  
onto the brass bracelet or necklace, or pendant form. On the back of the  
form,
I put suede. The three are sandwiched together. Then, the three are  
trimmed all together to only about 1/8 of an inch. and Beadworking is then done  to
secure them all together and to make the decorative edging.  
 
I do believe I WILL be able to do this again...have not been able to do it  
since sight loss 2 1/2 years ago. Have not even tried to do it because I  
thought
I never could do it again, but after meeting you all here, I believe  I CAN 
do it again. :) 
 
Does anyone else here work in this technique, in this way? 
 
Lynda
 
"I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods." 
_Georg Trakl,  Austrian poet   
 
Visit my website:  
_http://lyndalambert.com_ (http://lyndalambert.com)