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Leslie Fawcett
Primary Medium Jewelry
Description of Work Jewelry featuring handwoven beaded beads
Chapter Midstate
Company/Business Leslie Fawcett Beadwork
Artist Statement
My jewelry features beaded beads that are individually hand woven by me using peyote stitch and glass seed beads known as Delicas. I then either string them solely or combine them with gemstones and sterling silver to make a variety of necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
With needle and a nylon thread, I take tiny glass beads and weave them into a rectangular piece that I then roll up and sew together. Use of the peyote stitch allows the ends of the rectangle to interlock when I sew them together, then repeated passes thru the beads reinforce the whole.
I have also begun to weave flat disc pieces and ball pieces using a variation on the above technique. I use a variety of gemstones, lampwork beads and sterling silver findings that I have purchased over the years to enhance and complement the beads that I have created.
I have been weaving beads for 21 years with no formal training other than how to articles and a few books. At first, all I made were beaded beads, fascinated with the process, and then I began incorporating them into jewelry. I have been making jewelry with the beads for 18 years. Now I enjoy using my eye for color to create unique jewelry pieces with my beads.
I love jewelry of all kinds and hope that my pieces will become classics that the buyer will come back to time and time again.
My jewelry features beaded beads that are individually hand woven by me using peyote stitch and glass seed beads known as Delicas. I then either string them solely or combine them with gemstones and sterling silver to make a variety of necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
With needle and a nylon thread, I take tiny glass beads and weave them into a rectangular piece that I then roll up and sew together. Use of the peyote stitch allows the ends of the rectangle to interlock when I sew them together, then repeated passes thru the beads reinforce the whole.
I have also begun to weave flat disc pieces and ball pieces using a variation on the above technique. I use a variety of gemstones, lampwork beads and sterling silver findings that I have purchased over the years to enhance and complement the beads that I have created.
I have been weaving beads for 21 years with no formal training other than how to articles and a few books. At first, all I made were beaded beads, fascinated with the process, and then I began incorporating them into jewelry. I have been making jewelry with the beads for 18 years. Now I enjoy using my eye for color to create unique jewelry pieces with my beads.
I love jewelry of all kinds and hope that my pieces will become classics that the buyer will come back to time and time again.
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