Rope Bezel Update

Tree Agate with chenille rope bezel

Here's the finished product. I showed you a picture of a beautiful tree agate bead I wanted to bezel with a chenille rope in my post More Uses for Beaded Ropes .  I'm very pleased with the way it turned out, but I'll never use chenille stitch for a bezel again.  It just doesn't offer a good configuration for placing beads to close in the cab.

With the bezel around it, a scene seemed to pop out of the bead.  I see a valley framed with trees and bushes.  I hadn't noticed anything but beautiful marbling before.  Strange what a frame will do for a picture.

Blue Opal with tri-RAW rope bezel and strap

Here's the finished blue opal with the tri RAW rope bezel and tri RAW rope neck strap.  I'm in the process of creating a tutorial for this one.

Next on my bead mat is a very irregular chunk of malachite that I'm going to try to bezel with a RAW harness and frame with a herringbone rope.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one.  I've tried various bezels on this one and have, so far, been unsuccessful.

Eye Candy

Yes, today's about the eye candy I've found on other beaders websites and blogs.
Morwyn at Another Country Beadworks does some beautiful bead embroidery. I loved her work in progress. Two very different shaped agates. She also has some beautiful beaded containers. She sells her work on Etsy and has some absolutely gorgeously intricate looking work.

Rowan Devoe at Le Fresne's Castle has a completely different take on beading with no less breathtaking results. I really like her interpretation of Perdita in her latest project.

I'm going to have to keep it short today. Having a little problem with my eye and it's not happy looking at a computer screen.