Sarah Jane Connors is a British artist who paints with beads! Thousands of them! Her amazing bead animal portraits takes her one to two months to do. The process is incredibly time consuming because she meticulously attaches every bead with a hot glue ...

 

Amazing Bead Animal Portraits by Sarah Jane Connors

Sarah Jane Connors is a British artist who paints with beads!  Thousands of them!  Her amazing bead animal portraits takes her one to two months to do. The process is incredibly time consuming because she meticulously attaches every bead with a hot glue gun onto wooden boards.  Any unwanted bead has to be removed with a hair dryer - the heat softens the glue enough for her to pick it out. She applies a layer of Mod Podge to seal her beaded canvases when she is done.


Sarah's love of found objects began as a child when she discovered her garden soil was full of "treasures" be they bits of broken glass or pottery.  As an adult, she scours charity shops, second hand shops, car boot sales (trunk sales), bead shops and even her local beach in Brighton for beads.


Can you imagine what her collection is like?  And how she must organize them by colors and shape! The complexity of the nuanced color selection is outstanding. Truly a labor of love.

Detail of cat's eye




Detail of Pug's eye

Via


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Use This Easy Knotted Necklace Tutorial for Kumihimo and other Crafted Cords?

My first thought when I saw this easy knotted necklace tutorial from Lia Griffith?  Use kumihimo for a truly unique piece!  This should be fun for kumihimo fans.  You do have to make a few adaptations.  Instead of burning off the raw ends of typical macrame cords, you will have to use Fraycheck or some other fabric sealant and some sewing to deal with the kumihimo ends.


If you can knit or crochet, you could also make a thin i-cord for the knotted necklace. I recommend using crochet yarn not knitting yarn. You will have to experiment with needle or hook sizes to get the look you want.

Here is the classic knitted i-cord tutorial.  I think it is easier to knit an i-cord than to crochet one. But it is down to which technique you are most comfortable with.

 


Here is an easy crochet i-cord tutorial which uses an additional needle to help make the process less awkward.

 


Or you could use any spool or french knitting tool!

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