Sculptural peyote stitch beaded flower by Lynn Smythe. I attached a pin/necklace finding to the back of the flower, which is covered with a scrap of suede. You can wear the flower as either a pin, or attach a gold or silver chain through the finding to wear the flower as a necklace. I used size 11/0 Japanese seed beads for this project. The leaves are made using the brick stitch technique.
Sculptural Peyote Stitch
Peyote stitch is one of my favorite techniques to use along with seed beads. Sculptural peyote stitch, is a kind of free-form technique that uses various bead sizes and bead counts. Sculptural peyote stitch can be used to create an organic, 3-D beaded effect, which is perfect for making beaded flowers.
Here are a few pictures of beaded flower projects I've created using the technique of sculptural peyote stitch.
Sculptural peyote stitch flower necklace by Lynn Smythe. The neckstrap also uses the sculptural peyote technique. Each row of peyote stitch has slightly more beads than the previous row, causing the beadwork to ruffle and undulate, which creates a very organic looking project.
Closeup of previous seed bead flower necklace. Size 11/0 Japanese seed beads. Brick stitch used for the leaves.
I call this necklace the sea anemone. I created this project as a bead sample for a multi week class I used to teach when I had a bead store. Besides the sculptural peyote stitch technique, this necklace also uses tubular peyote, beaded fringe, spiral rope chain and tubular African helix.
Close up of beaded sea anemone. I used a combination of size 11/0 Japanese seed beads and Czech seed beads.
Take care,
Lynn Smythe AKA the Craft Diva
