Sylvia Windhurst
Lapis Bead Embroidered Earrings, Sterling Silver
Lapis lazuli bead embroidered earrings with sterling silver ear wires.
Gorgeous lapis lazuli cabochons are the focus of these delicate dangling earrings. These lapis stones have tiny golden flecks in them; lapis lazuli often includes small amounts of pyrite. I surrounded the cabochons with a beaded bezel made of silver delica beads and tiny iridescent blue beads. I made the bezel using an off loom bead weaving technique called peyote stitch. The cabochons are affixed to an ultrasuede background, and then each tiny bead is stitched in by hand with multiple passes of sturdy nymo thread. I then embroidered a border of matte raku teal blue beads around the bezel and edged the entire earring with a picot stitch border of tiny silver and blue beads. The bead embroidery is backed with soft tan ultra suede. I also wove a tiny soldered sterling silver loop into the border of the bead embroidered pendants, and hung the earrings from gorgeous sterling silver ear wires.
These earrings measure .875 inches wide and1.5 inches high from the top of the ear wire to the bottom of the dangle. (2.2 cm inches wide and 3.81 cm high).
Lapis Bead Embroidered Earrings, Sterling Silver
Lapis lazuli bead embroidered earrings with sterling silver ear wires.
Gorgeous lapis lazuli cabochons are the focus of these delicate dangling earrings. These lapis stones have tiny golden flecks in them; lapis lazuli often includes small amounts of pyrite. I surrounded the cabochons with a beaded bezel made of silver delica beads and tiny iridescent blue beads. I made the bezel using an off loom bead weaving technique called peyote stitch. The cabochons are affixed to an ultrasuede background, and then each tiny bead is stitched in by hand with multiple passes of sturdy nymo thread. I then embroidered a border of matte raku teal blue beads around the bezel and edged the entire earring with a picot stitch border of tiny silver and blue beads. The bead embroidery is backed with soft tan ultra suede. I also wove a tiny soldered sterling silver loop into the border of the bead embroidered pendants, and hung the earrings from gorgeous sterling silver ear wires.
These earrings measure .875 inches wide and1.5 inches high from the top of the ear wire to the bottom of the dangle. (2.2 cm inches wide and 3.81 cm high).