Blue Lotus Necklace

Description

The November challenge of Etsy Beadweavers team was to find a picture of an exotic or tropical flower and to mimic the flower using techniques and skills that will bring forth the true Beauty of the Flower.

Using the egyptian blue lotus, which is similar to our waterlily, as my inspiration, I created this statement necklace for the November Etsy Beadweavers Team "Beauty of the Flower " November Challenge. Please visit the EBW blog http://etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com between the 9th and 15th to view all entries and vote for your favorite piece.

The focal piece is a combination of bead embroidery and beadweaving using peyote, brick and picot stitches in the weaving as well as couching in the embroidery. Ten Swarovski Rivolios are bezeled in peyote on the pendant forming the centers of the flowers that float on their lily pads in the river. The pendant is backed in soft suede leather. The necklace portion is made of triple strands of freeform weaving in shades of green and blue and closes with a sterling silver toggle.

Nymo thread was used throughout, and glass sead beads ranging from size 11 to size 15 create the bulk of the piece with a few accent beads in size 8. All the beadweaving done in this piece was done without a loom - just thread and a very fine needle.

The rivolis on the focal pendant are either 12 or 14 mm in diameter. The pendant itself is 4.75 inches x 2.5 inches (12 cm x 6.3 cm). Each side of the necklace is 8 inches (20.3 cm) long.

Added on Nov 05, 2009