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My pictures are of my Beaded Gourds
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Jan M
(IC: homeowner)
I cover the entire gourd with beeswax the build up certain areas with the wax then sculpt it into the figures that I will be creating. I then Bead the entire gourd or sometimes ostrich shells from bottom to top with 13/0 beads. These beads are picked up with a pin and then pushed into the wax one bead at a time.
The African Rose took me 2 1/2 years to complete.
The African Rose took me 2 1/2 years to complete.
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Published May 19th, 2012 12:55 PM
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Geraldine Green on Nov 20, 2015WOW this outstanding, I have never seen anything like it. This is a true work of art!!!!!
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Wanda Stivison on Sep 27, 2016MY goodness!!! I can't imagine the patience as well as making my eyes go together. My luck they would have discontinued the beads I figured I would have run out of 2 years later! I bow down to such dedication and talent!
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