"Lizards and Snakes"

"Lizards and Snakes"

Item 1638

Designer: Barb Klann

Beaded by Sharon Erwine, 2010

"Crystal Blue Persuasion"

"Crystal Blue Persuasion"

Item 1637

Designer: Barb Klann

Beaded by Sharon Erwine, 2010

Lotus beaded bead set

http://www.beadinfinitum.com/Kits/index.html#Lotus

"Lotus beaded bead set"

Item 1639

Designer: Bead Infinitum (with adaptations)

Beadwork by: Sharon Erwine 2010

I'm pleased to show my first creation as a member of the "Bead Infinitum" design team. I used the pattern "Lotus beaded bead", but I took some liberties with it. The pattern is great, but bead selection for teardrop/briolette beads left me frustrated. What's a girl to do?

I came up with 2 solutions: 1) use seed beads to turn the vertically drilled bead into a useable hortizontal "drill" bead (see the illustration for 2 possibilities), and 2) make use of my own beaded leaves as "teardrops" (see free Russian Leaf tutorial on my website).

I loved the result! The only problem now is the color doesn't photograph well (too yellow), and we couldn't seem to fix it. So, please imagine the correct color which is lime green and avocado green with black.

Here's the promised illustration:

And here is a link to my website for the free pattern:

www.sharonerwine.com

click on patterns, then free patterns, then Russian leaf

"Inspired by Africa"

“Inspired by Africa”

Item 1593

Designer: Sharon Erwine

Beadwork by: Sharon Erwine 2009

I was also inspired by Pat Wiley. Clearly, I am no Pat Wiley!

Pat Wiley of the Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild takes bead art to new heights with unusual beads from around the world.

See one of Pat's creations here (about half way down the page):

http://www.beadfest.com/awards/2005beadarts.cfm

"Black and White"

“Black and White” (lampwork)

Item 1584

Designer: Sharon Erwine

Beadwork by: Sharon Erwine 2008

"Orange Slab Turquoise"

“Orange Slab Turquoise”

Item 1575

Designer: Sharon Erwine

(that’s how it came!)

Beadwork by: Sharon Erwine 2008