Hand Beaded "Royal Star" Christmas Bauble
This Christmas bauble, entitled "Royal Star" depicting a six pointed star in blue with gold detailing, or corresponding gold with blue detailing was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead one Christmas bauble for a select group of friends every year.
"Royal Star" is going to the adult daughter of my friend who wears dangling Christmas themed earrings. My friend's daughter has an autistic son who likes vibrant colours, and it helps bring her some Christmas cheer too! Her Christmas baubles always feature images that have contrasts of colour in them. Past baubles have featured such things as a night sky with stars on one side and a daytime sky with the sun on the other, or a sailing ship sailing one way and a different ship in different livery on the other (I wish I'd photographed this last one as it was very complex and took nearly 10 hours per side).
Each bauble is 25 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the image and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the white background ones which are 8mm and the centrepiece of the star which is 15mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. The white, blue and black sequins all use silver pins, The gold sequins are affixed with gold pins.
Each bauble takes approximately 6 hours per side, althought as this is a fairly simple pattern working from the central pin outwards, it only took 4 hours per side. Even though this is a lesser period of time, this number of hours is why my select group of friends only get one each year!
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Hand Beaded "Royal Star" Christmas Bauble
This Christmas bauble, entitled "Royal Star" depicting a six pointed star in blue with gold detailing, or corresponding gold with blue detailing was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead one Christmas bauble for a select group of friends every year.
"Royal Star" is going to the adult daughter of my friend who wears dangling Christmas themed earrings. My friend's daughter has an autistic son who likes vibrant colours, and it helps bring her some Christmas cheer too! Her Christmas baubles always feature images that have contrasts of colour in them. Past baubles have featured such things as a night sky with stars on one side and a daytime sky with the sun on the other, or a sailing ship sailing one way and a different ship in different livery on the other (I wish I'd photographed this last one as it was very complex and took nearly 10 hours per side).
Each bauble is 25 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the image and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the white background ones which are 8mm and the centrepiece of the star which is 15mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. The white, blue and black sequins all use silver pins, The gold sequins are affixed with gold pins.
Each bauble takes approximately 6 hours per side, althought as this is a fairly simple pattern working from the central pin outwards, it only took 4 hours per side. Even though this is a lesser period of time, this number of hours is why my select group of friends only get one each year!
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.