[Nfb-krafters-korner] Bead Weaving - Picture

[River Woman]

Terry,
No beads are strung at all. Each bead is sewn separately. The thread goes up 
through the fabric, around through the bead, and baack down through the 
fabric.  There are many combinations you can do to create patterns. 
Eventually, you sew in layers over other beaded layers.  Some of the fabric 
shows in this piece, that is why I selected the 1940s print.  Then, I play 
off of that print, over it, and around it with bead working.  The key is to 
"Overcome" the surface of the print, just as a painter has to overcome the 
surface beneath the paint, yet retain the nature of the original surface - 
like a dance between surface and bead weaving.  Since I am a painter, my 
bead work is done exactly like I would use paint, in strokes and layers.

I would love to come to convention, but after my first trip by plane by 
myself, and the troubles I encountered, I am not anxious to EVER again 
travel alone by plane.  I do not have the saavy that most of you have - I 
don't use a cell phone (by choice as I hate to talk on the phone) and I do 
not know how to navigate new places to get where I need to go. You guys are 
light years ahead of me on this journey. Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Bead Weaving - Picture


> Linda;
> Is this stringing the beads and stitching the string of beads to the 
> fabric?
> Or do you go through the bead, then the fabric, through the bead then the 
> fabric?
> Sure sounds hard!  Sure wish I could see it.  I can not identify the 
> picture from the rest.  I can tell there is lite and dark, but that is 
> about all.  When doing this, does the fabric show any?
> If you can not come to convention, maybe Joyce could show the others one 
> of your pieces.  The only way we are going to understand the consept is to 
> jently, of course, feal a sample or two.
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:29 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Bead Weaving - Picture
>
> I tried something new, for me, and thought you might like to see it.  It 
> started with an old black and white photo mirror my mother gave me. The 
> photo is of me as a young child, about 8 sitting on a bench in our back 
> yard. I have a dress on, with a wide white collar. The colors of the photo 
> are very soft since it was taken probably in the late 1940-early 1950s. 
> It is round, and about 3 inches around.  I decided to create a beaded 
> embroidery piece using this is my starting point.
> I went to www.fabrics.com and found two prints from the 1950s, one in 
> black and white, one in lipstick red and white.
> I used the black and white print for my "canvas" to begin my picture. 
> Since the print had some butterflies on it, I decided to use the theme of 
> butterflies and flowers.  I looked in my bead stash and found that I had 
> some beautiful carved coral red roses, in two sizes. Perfect! I also had a 
> nice translucent white shell with a butterfly painted on it in black ink. 
> I arranged the two largest things on the fabric first - the photo mirror, 
> and butterfly shell.
> After I had captured them with beadwork, and they were securely in place, 
> I began applying the roses.  I did all the stitching with red, crystal, 
> and diamond black Japanese seed beads.  I added accents of larger faceted 
> czech crystals in clear and soft charcoal, and some little accents with 
> very pale lavender Swarovski crystal pearls.
>
> After the entire piece was done, I placed it on the lipstick red printed 
> fabric - same size as the top piece that is beaded.  Then, I turned up the 
> edges from the back to the front. This made a picture "frame" from the red 
> fabric all around the beaded picture that is on the black and white 
> fabric.
>
> Finally, I worked a beaded loop stitch all around the turned up edges, to 
> make a beaded frame.  Today, I will finish the piece by making beaded 
> loops on the top, and will hang the piece on a nice old tree branch that I 
> found in the woods yesterday. I soaked the branch and scrubbed it to be 
> sure it is clean.  I will do the beaded loops this morning and my piece 
> will be finished.  It is AMAZING.
>
> I will attach a photo of it that I took yesterday - for those who can see 
> it with the zoomtext. If you cannot see it, I hope I gave a good enough 
> verbal description so you can see it with your mind.
>
> The piece is named:  _Girl on a Bench Sees Visions of Butterflies and Red 
> Roses_ and it is a self portrait.
>
> Beaded embroider is so much fun to do and the results are so spectacular 
> and sparkling. I like sparkles and glitz. How about  you?
>
> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
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