Well, I've completed all my back orders and looking forward to a nice break. It doesn't mean I'll not be beading. In fact, I'll probably bead even more to prepare for my January party. As you can see, I'm really into flowers now! I hope to come up with more original pieces. If you have any ideas of suggestions of beadwork designs, do let me know.
Some of you have asked what's the difference between beading and beadwork. Well, beading is a general term for working with beads (includes gemstone beads). This includes stringing and wirework which can be done quite quickly. Beadwork is a technique using special thread, needle and sewing thousands of tiny glass beads into designs like flowers, spiral ropes etc. It is a time consuming technique so you won't find it too often being sold in shops because the pieces may cost more than S$400! Of course making the piece is one thing. It takes many more hours to get inspiration, put beads together in a perfect colour combination and then experiment with new designs and layout. I spend hours experimenting on just one design and have lots of slightly made pieces which didn't work out! No repeated design will ever look the same because I do not like to use the exact same materials over again and neither do my customers like someone else wearing the exact same thing!
Hope this helps!
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