Autumn Goddess Bead Woven Necklace Netting and Russian Peyote

Description

The Autumn Goddess represents of season from Summer's verdant leaves to the oranges that many maples sport. The evenings arrive sooner showing off rich purples as the sun sets.  

This is a large work of wearable sculpture with lots of bead netting, a centerpiece of Russian Peyote and a dangling polymer clay bead that has been highly polished and draped with asymmetric fringe. The 2-cuts used in the netting and Peyote are very old, (from about the 1930s or 1940s I was told but cannot verify). Apparently, they came from a stash found in a warehouse in Rhode Island, The bugle beads and Swarovski bicones are contemporary as are the Czech beads (one lampwork and one textured druk) used for the bead and loop fastening and the larger 6/0 beads..  

The Goddess comes wrapped in tissue and nestled in her own golden velvet lined burgandy velvet gift bag.  

This is a major work and of course one of a kind. It is my entry into the Beadweaving Emporium "New Horizons" challenge.  

Check out all the fantastic entries at the Beadweaving Emporium's "Fall" Challenge. Please visit the BEM blog at http://beadweavingemporium.blogspot.com to vote for your favorite piece beginning 9 July 2009. The polls will be open for 7 days.