I was cruising my folders for something to share and found these. They're rocks I collected in British Columbia on a beach where the Orca whales rub on the gravel. I don't know if my rocks were touched by whales, but I like to think they were. The beach is on the north east-ish side of Malcolm Island near the north end of Vancouver Island. Beautiful wild place.
The beads...oh yeah the beads. I did two little discs of flat round peyote then made a sandwich with the rock as the bologna (hold the mayo please). Then I stitched the disks together and filled the space between with peyote stitch and finally by filling the remaining gaps as neatly as possible.
Here's a tutorial for flat round peyote that looks pretty easy to follow. I couldn't find the one I used to start way back when. I did see one that starts with 3 beads but the increases in that are difficult for me to keep flat.
A 5 bead start will give you a 5 pointed star like the rock at the top of the post, a 6 bead start (like the tutorial in the link) will give you a 6 pointed star like the 2nd rock.
3 comments:
Those are too cool. Love the sound of your beach. Just the kind of place I like.
Arline
It is the best beach! Some days it's all gentle and warm, other days the waves toss giant logs around like kids' toys...I love that place.
Beautiful work! I love the first one. The colors and design speak to me!
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