Dryads Sanctuary

Dryad’s Sanctuary is an OOAK necklace. For this piece I wanted to capture the feeling of twilight in the forest. Another major element of this necklace was to challenge myself to go out of my comfort zone with bead stitches that I do not use on a regular basis, so as to create a more dynamic piece of art.

Materials:
This piece incorporates a beautiful hand crafted cabochon that was made by ~Sleetwealth. Other major elements include; seed beads of varying sizes, round gemstone garnets, dyed pearls, Czech fire polished glass beads, sterling silver bead cones, and sterling silver bead clasp.

Techniques:
The beading techniques used in this piece include; bead embroidery, tubular peyote stitch, flat peyote stitch, stringing and two fringe stitches. The piece has been embroidered onto starch felt, which is then backed by an imitation leather cloth.

This necklace is being entered into ~Bright-Circle’s Cabochon contest! The entries can be seen here and there are many beautiful pieces to see. [link]

Other Views…I included several views of the pendant close up because there is a great deal of texture that I wished to show in the photos.

Currently For Sale here: [link]
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