beadmeister "120 flavors" (1997)

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120 FLAVORS (30"x22 1/2"x22 1/2") I wanted to make a swatch of every color seed bead I owned, which at the time was 120. Each square is made using a right angle weave and took one hour to complete. I worked on this piece off and on for 3 years before it was whole; however there was a period when I wasn't sure if I would stitch it all together.

When I would show the beaded squares to people, their faces would fill with wonderment and they would begin assembling the pieces the way they wanted to see them. It almost seemed as if it should be an interactive work, but I went with the original idea and stitched all the squares together randomly with black seeds. I then did a 3-drop peyote stitch around a 30" wood dowel with ball caps using my multi mix of seed beads. It is featured in the gallery section of Christine Prussing's book "Beading with Right Angle Weave".