SPRING COLLAR

Spring Collar by Rose C Rushbrooke. Bead weaving and embroidery. Seed beads, crystals, Czech glass beads, pearls, dichroic glass focal, and glass millefiori. Image copyright © Rose C Rushbrooke.

This was the last piece I completed while on my beadwork journey. I had always been fascinated by these wonderful, over the top collars. They look magnificent, they look so complicated, and they are just beautiful. It took a long time to design, construct and execute this piece.

Legend for Spring Collar by Rose C Rushbrooke. Bead weaving and embroidery. Seed beads, crystals, Czech glass beads, pearls, dichroic glass focal, and glass millefiori. Image copyright © Rose C Rushbrooke.

Here is the legend of all the different beads and other costume embellishments. The trick is to co ordinate all the shades in a pleasing manner and smoothly incorporate the dichroic focal. The backing is felt and leather, the clasp is copper.

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