Bead Art by Deb McQueen

Beading, beading, beading…..

I got a few hours of beading done the last two days. This piece is starting to come to life! I have not done a small piece in quite awhile. I am amazed at how fast this going.

using 14kt gold delicas for the center of the ears

the crown of the head is going to be a challenge

No beading yesterday, boo. Today I spent a few hours working on this piece. I like where this is going. I am thinking it wants me to change the head. I have penciled in a more rounded head and ears. We shall see how it feels as I go along.

Breaking out the gold beads!

Well, I have made some progress. Decided not to use the gold saucer beads flat, turned them on their sides. Much better. It is starting to tell me where I’m going. Cute little guy.

not exciting, just a shot of the different size needles I will be using

G.P. saucer beads placed on their sides, with red seedbeads between each saucer bead

switching to size B nymo and a size 13 needle applying size 13/0 seedbeads — switching to size B nymo and a size 13 needle
applying size 13/0 seedbeads

now to find out how the bead soup will actually look

finding I need to over stitch between each bead after backstitching. Guess I will be using the 2 needle technique from here on

Still unsure what the final form will be.

Starting a new bead art neckpiece

This is a follow along project. I will take as many pics as I can, sometimes I just get into the beading and forget to stop! I spent a few days cleaning / reorganizing the bead room and found things long forgotten! The center piece is a piece of Australian Opal, in matrix. It is a beauty. I love the flashes of red when it is in the sunlight.

Here we go.

deciding what goes where the tiny black stones are star diopside, center piece is the opal

pretty happy, I found all the blues, greens, purples and the red I need

Beautiful Sky

Not beadwork, but lots of inspiration!

Patterns of Influence

My piece made it into the juried show. I was so glad to be included. This was a fun piece to do, adding the pearls and porcupine quills made it more my style! I have a few more ideas using salmon skin and beads… Here are a few pictures I took on a slow day at the gallery, still very hard to include everything.

Going in circles

I started a new art piece 3 days ago. As I was beading I realized that this is the third round piece I have done this year. Not a plan, but I like the results. I will post more pics. as this progresses.

Salmon Vessel

This is a new piece. It is made of salmon skin, fox fur and porcupine quills. Trimmed with freshwater pearls and seed beads. I submitted it for entry into “Patterns of Influence” a juried art show. I found out today that it has been accepted ! I will have to wait until Friday evening to find out how or if it placed.

Arctic Lights

This is the second piece using the polar bear/northern lights theme. It is 5 inches in diameter. I had fun making it scenic, a new thing for me.

New Year, New Look

I really like this Theme. It is a great way to display my art. What do you think?

Catching up

Here are some progress shots and the finished piece. Now to get it framed.

Hope everyone has a great 2016!

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More Bead Embroidery !

I started this piece a few days ago. Spent hours searching my stash for just the right pieces. Then I went thru the seed beads to get the perfect mix of colors to use. Got out my heavy felt and aida cloth and began placement of the main pieces. This is where I always need to walk away, come back, rearrange, go get more seed beads…. takes longer than it should. I am happy with this and I think it will be a nice piece. I will post more as I progress.