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Beads!!!!! => Bead Embroidery and Bead Weaving => Topic started by: Enchantra on December 25, 2021, 03:00:56 PM
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So back in 2016, I sold my favorite necklace right off my neck. A Pietersite dealer at the Pueblo show bought it for his daughter who loves Owls.
So now I am redoing it.
Here is the progress so far after three live streams.
Owl by Laura Mears.
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That is an incredible necklace. I also love owls,
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Streamed for five hours tonight. Made a bunch more progress!
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So back in 2016, I sold my favorite necklace right off my neck. A Pietersite dealer at the Pueblo show bought it for his daughter who loves Owls.
So now I am redoing it.
Here is the progress so far after three live streams.
Owl by Laura Mears.
That is gorgeous. I am a big fan of owls.
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More progress, no where's near finished yet though...
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Incredibly beautiful!. Just wondered about the size of it and do you keep track of just how many beads are in this piece of art???
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55Fossil, math was never my forte.
I don't keep track of the sheer number of beads.
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Oh, no - you don't count the beads???
That piece is incredible. Already. Also can't wait to see it finished - maybe not as much as you.
It'll all be good. Probably take you longer to count the money than to do the piece.
If I spent that much time on something that's how it would be! It would be a BIG pile of dollar bills.
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If I spent that much time on something that's how it would be! It would be a BIG pile of dollar bills.
If I were to ever sell this piece - and I'm not going to, it would be in the neighborhood of $2K+. Pietersite isn't cheap anymore, plus I have Victoria stone in it, AND that porcelain owl is $150 on it's own! Figure in my time and the cost of the other materials as well...
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Oh - I thought maybe you were re-doing it for whomever bought it before. Didn't realize (or remember) the owl is porcelain.
I don't blame you for wanting to keep this one. I wouldn't have blinked if you had thrown out a number higher than that.
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I didn't even realize that the blue was Victoria from the angle of the pic. I have a hard time parting with mine, I had almost 3 boules of the original Victoria Stone still in the original wrapping and instructions I got from a jeweler friend in the 80's. I sold one of the boules to the Aussie from Rough and Tumble that was trying to recreate it a few years back with limited success, Most of his boules broke so he would sell parts of the boule, but I sold it to help him try to recreate that beautiful stone. I kept my favorite Boule that was a blue green color and then I have some black, green, deep blue and white sections of boules. Great to see it getting used and could think of no finer place than your necklace. I think Vince is spot on that the price doesn't even make me question it given the piece!! Just love your artwork and skill.
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Just needs a clasp...
Now to finish the earrings....
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WOW! Beautiful.
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Again, just breath taking!
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What I find really impressive is that it's such a rich work of art with so many components, colors, and textures - and yet, it does not feel overdone. Beautiful to stare at.
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It feels so tribal like the tribal outfits you see at pow-wows, those too are layers of intricacy.
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Aaaannnnnnddd.....
DONE!
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Just in awe. you are amazing.