Treasure Chest: a basic bead-embroidered project
April 15, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Bead Embroidery, Bead Stringing, Beading, Mixed Media, Technique Tuesday, Tutorials & Techniques, Wearable Art
Technique Tuesday!
After finishing Andromeda’s Pearls, I thought that it might be a good idea to share a really basic tutorial on bead embroidery, a project that can be finished in a few days (or even possibly one long day). Treasure Chest is the name of this piece. 
More and more often, modern jewelry is being influenced by techniques from other mixed media art forms. That is how Treasure Chest came to be: although I originally bought a set of watch-maker’s tins to use in some assemblage work and altered books, it occurred to me that a tin would also be a perfect little niche on a pin or pendant. Just the right size to hold a favorite token, the glass-topped tin can be sealed to make it permanent, or left loose to allow for an ever-changing display!
Hi Cyndi,
This is beautiful. Thanks for being an E-6000 user! If you have any projects you’d like to share via our new blog: Eclecticproducts.wordpress.com, we’d love to feature them (and you).
Kelli
Thank you for the link, Kelli
This is a wonderful idea and the instructions are great. I’m new to this type of beading so it may be a while before I attempt something like this, but it is definitely on my list of future projects.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful work and knowledge.
Leslie
Hi Leslie! You can use anything for a centerpiece that you want, and after you’ve glued it down, just use any simple pattern to fill the canvas
I hope you’ll find the time to make one!
Cyndi,
This is right up my alley. I was trying to destash some old jewelry pieces recently and found a bunch of cool objects to bead around. Hmmm. I’m thinking next year’s BJP pages. Great idea.
Arline
Arline! You must be reading my mind
I’ve actually been thinking about doing something wearable for next year’s BJP pages…
wow this wonderful you mast get some new ideas from old Pharaoh design