One of the hardest parts when making the resin cabochons for
me was finding pictures to put into the resin. I looked through a bunch of
magazines and books and websites to find paintings that I thought I could work
with. My mom suggested this painting to me.
The painting is called Young Girl Reading by Jean Honore
Fragonard. My mom had painted a copy of this painting and it hung on a wall in
our house when I was very young. And maybe looking at this painting day in and
day out is the reason why I love reading so much .I have to have a stack of
books by the side of my bed and whenever that stack gets low I go into a state
of panic and need to find some good books to read.
I took cue from the colours in the painting and tried to
mimic them best as I could with the beads that I had. The girl is wearing what
looks like a yellow taffeta dress so to continue on the rich feeling of the
painting I went along with a gold and red bezel around the cab .I have to say
the last row of size 15 gold seed beads are my favorite beads that I have
gotten so far. They are tiny, perfectly uniform, and very round and look
absolutely gorgeous and that is reflected in the price of them.
The gold flowery looking beads around the cabochon was something
my mom had bought me ages ago for my work when I was in Uni and I never used
them but I thought this was the perfect opportunity to incorporate them in a
piece. I did a stacked stitch with the flowery gold beads and a size 15 gold
seed beads around the cab. But before doing so I used a yellow marker to colour
the Lacy’s stiff stuff foundation so that it would blend in more with the beads
and so that the white wouldn’t poke through too much through the gaps.
I was going to add more beads around the work but nothing
worked and I think if I had wanted the piece to be bigger I should have used
the seed beads before adding the stacked row. But in order to just add in a
little bit more width to the piece I went along with bigger beads to finish off
the edge than my normal size 15 seed beads. In this case I alternated between
the large gold beads and some faux pearls from an old necklace that I had never
used .I was afraid that using alternating beads would be a problem and that I
might end up with two beads of the same kind next to each other but the beads
went around the piece perfectly without me having to readjust them. I am quite
grateful for that :D!!
LIST OF MATERIALS
USED:
- GOLD METAL ROUND SEED BEADS SIZE 11/0
- DARK SILVER-LINED GOLD SIZE 11/0
- SILVER LINED MATTE DARK RUBY RED SEED BEADS SIZE 11/0
- GOLD METAL ROUND SEED BEADS SIZE 15/0
- 2MM WHITE PEARLS
- 3MM CORRUGATED SAUCER BEADS
- FIRELINE THREAD 0.006” IN CLEAR
- LACY'S STIFF STUFF
- BLACK ULTRASUEDE
- 1.5 INCH BASE METAL PIN BACK
- E-600 GLUE
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