Thursday, June 07, 2007

Faces...

Every year Carol Strand-Siebers hosts a beaded face swap, last year was the first year in which I participated. What fun! I beaded up 4 faces and sent them off to be swapped out. All the faces I used were made from polymer clay, three of them by Jennifer Martin, one (the witch) was a random purchase on EBay.

I glue the face to a square of Pellon peltex #70 or something similar and begin my beading. The faces are not too big - approximately 2 inches, so they bead up pretty quick.


Once the beading is finished, I glue the pin back to the Pellon, then add ultrasuede to the back - attaching the back to the front using a picot edge or something similar.


There is a great book, Beading with Cabochons by Jamie Cloud Eakin. It covers, in depth, beading around cabs using different stitches and some nice edge stitches and finishing techniques.

The faces I received back in the swap were nothing short of stunning - - if you'd like to see them follow the links by clicking on the names of their creators: Carol Strand-Siebers, Connie Welch, Monica Magness, Lora Kinberger
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3 comments:

Ulla said...

What a lovely gallery.I love the first Gazing globe and the small faces.Just a great work
Ulla in the north of Sweden

12:19 PM
GraceBeading said...

Thank you Ulla - I appreciate you stopping by and making a comment.

Take care,
Grace

8:13 AM
Timaree said...

I am probably too isolated but I haven't seen cabs like these. Now, what kinds of things besides ordinary cabs could I bead around... You made them very nice and thanks for showing the back of one; again you do nice work all around.

12:47 AM

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