2011 Bead Dreams Finalist
Necklace
All About Love
This necklace is an ode to Love, and it is full of symbolism. When you experience this amazing feeling, your soul is awakened and begins to bloom much like little snowdrops bloom with the first warm beams of the Sun after the long snowy winter. Life is full of miracles, wonder and beauty when you love, and you can feel Universal Love around everything and everybody. Pureness and rusticity of true love are accented in this artwork with round white natural pearls.
Tiny antique Italian glass beads allowed to create many details in the delicate neck piece (the central part of the necklace is about 6,5 x 6 inches). Gentle pearls strings have the appearance of neat and accurate pearl-knot-stringing technique thanks to the usage of a real treasure – tiny antique glass pearl beads (size 26) between each pearl. The main challenge of working on this piece was using blue diamonds, which required the use of strong, thin wire – and using it with tiny and delicate antique beads inside of embroidery was an interesting task; designing this piece was akin to playing chess – strategizing several steps ahead.