#Beads are glass

[thewirewitch]

Made a necklace to match these earrings!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

getting older can be so amazing? you get more familiar with yourself. learn tips & tricks for troubleshooting your own brain. trial & error helps you build routines that minimize discomfort, maximize reward. your preferences/interests don't get set in stone, but you do find out which ones are going to stay with you in the long-term, and which ones are fun but transient joys to appreciate in the moment.

you learn that the world is so much more complex than you were taught, and that that's okay, and that there's an endless supply of things you can learn or watch or experience or think about if you want to. if you're lucky, you loosen up, stop putting so much pressure on yourself. if you're lucky, you learn to recognize that negative inner voice, and whack it with a baseball bat until it hushes up. if you're lucky, you learn to treat yourself gently, not because you are fragile but because you are worthy of gentleness. (i hope you are lucky.)

and some things will change. some things will get better. some things will get good. and maybe you start to recover from the dehumanizing stress of childhood/education. maybe you learn the power of your own autonomy. maybe you learn how to walk away from bad situations (which is a superpower even if you don't realize it yet). and you get to choose your own clothes. and your own food. and which relationships to pursue! and what you do with your free time. and with your life (but don't worry you get to choose that gradually). and that's crazy! and sometimes scary. and extraordinarily, indescribably precious.

[l3m0nflavoredst1mz]

Stimboard for spilling your beads all over the floor 👍

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[littlealienproducts]

Strawberry Glass Bead Necklace by lunacyglass

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Ancient Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads, from the Eastern Mediterranean, c.100 BCE-100 CE: this necklace is composed of 30 glass beads, most of which are decorated with stylized faces

From the John Paul Getty Museum:

The beads are made of multi-colored opaque glass and are decorated with heads and floral designs. The necklace is in good condition; some beads are chipped or cracked.

The exact origin of this piece is unknown, but it can be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was likely made by a Greek or Roman artist.

Each bead has a width of about 1.2cm (roughly half an inch); they're decorated with remarkably intricate details, and each face is depicted in its own unique style.

Sources & More Info:

John Paul Getty Museum: Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads

[mikodrawnnarratives]

Martin is the dead one in this au since Coraline's parents are the un-fun ones and Martin is already... martin

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alt under the cut (alternative version. I mean. I don't have descriptions yet.. that's my bad)

[lotussgrl]

lady dior bag, re-interpreted by kohei nawa using ‘pixcell’ glass beads (2011)

[webdiggerxxx]

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[vingler-mirror]

Everyone look at the smolsolde and smolkania!!

I now have the doomed yuri in my hands... please watch over me to make sure I use this power for good.

[389]

Skull figure atwonzen, Bamileke population Cameroon, Western Province, Chiefdom of Fonchatula. 19th century Wood, vegetable fibers, glass beads, cowrie shells Africa, African.

[thewillowoaklady]

I make beaded stuff! I'm currently working on bag accessories and charms, ornaments, keychains, suncatchers, bracelets, and jewelry.

More will be added soon!

Check out what's finished here!

Ebay, Etsy, FB Marketplace,

I also sell photos here-

Redbubble, Istock, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock

update 9/6/2024- Finally got the latest necklace listed!

[jareckiworld]

Olaf Bisschoff — The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse, 1943) [oil and canvas, on board, 2023]

[littlealienproducts]

Dangle Fruit and Flower Glass Bead Earrings by ZillahDesign

[neechees]

Obviously the "Native Americans sell x thing for some worthless beads" thing is a reductive myth but even so stemming from that, I think people really misunderstand this as "1 plastic bead = money" type of thing because it's not so much the beads themselves that we'd place value on, but what someone who knows how to use them can do with them, and the labour associated with it. It's kind of like if you reduced the value of silk or muslin during the silk road era & just referred to it as "fabric".

Do you know how long it takes to even bead something small? A long ass time. Fully beaded clothing & works are expensive for a reason & still are. Having a fully beaded, fully matching pow wow set is considered bougie. It's part of a wider racist classification of Native art & labour as just silly "crafts" instead of fully appreciating the amount of work & talent required to do beadwork but still

[aeriona]

Made a pair of lil squid fellas to sit on my desk :)

I didn’t like any of the squid patterns I found on the internet so i ended up making my own, and after some trial and error I ended up with these little guys. They’ve both even got little beaks! I’ve attached the pattern I made below if anyone wants it haha.

I used size 8 miyuki rocaille/round beads, some bugles and 0.28mm thread, but pretty much any size or shape should work. Hell, you could even use pony beads if you’re crazy enough.

If your thread’s long enough you can even do the whole thing in one go, I’d personally recommend that as it means you have less knots to tie up :).

[dasbrummli]

Embroidery piece, inspired by a trip to the Olympic Rain Forest.

Glass pearls, cotton thread, wool and silk, hand stitched on a linen cloth. 15 x 21 cm.