AllenOK
Executive Chef
Oh wow, I'm not the only beadworker here?!?!
I got into Native American beadwork as a young adult, when I was still active in the Boy Scouts as an adult leader. I got rather obsessed with the stuff, for several years, up to about the time I started college and got heavy into cooking and starting my culinary career.
Here's a walking cane that I started for my g'mother years ago, but I ended up getting out of beadworking before I finished it. The total beaded area would be about 27" long, by the circumference of the cane, which I think is slightly over 3".
Here's a pic:
And a close-up detail of the beads.
Those two pics were taken with my 35mm camera, then scanned the prints. I could take a more modern pic with my 5.0 megapixel camera.
This is a Capote I made many years ago, back when I lived in Oklahoma. At the time I made it, I had just left my old Boy Scout troop, because I was working two jobs. I had intended to get back in at some time, just didn't know when. I made the Capote mainly to wear when we go camping in the winter. Not that I live up here in MI, I actually wear this Capote pretty much all winter long, because it's so warm!
I got into Native American beadwork as a young adult, when I was still active in the Boy Scouts as an adult leader. I got rather obsessed with the stuff, for several years, up to about the time I started college and got heavy into cooking and starting my culinary career.
Here's a walking cane that I started for my g'mother years ago, but I ended up getting out of beadworking before I finished it. The total beaded area would be about 27" long, by the circumference of the cane, which I think is slightly over 3".
Here's a pic:
And a close-up detail of the beads.
Those two pics were taken with my 35mm camera, then scanned the prints. I could take a more modern pic with my 5.0 megapixel camera.
This is a Capote I made many years ago, back when I lived in Oklahoma. At the time I made it, I had just left my old Boy Scout troop, because I was working two jobs. I had intended to get back in at some time, just didn't know when. I made the Capote mainly to wear when we go camping in the winter. Not that I live up here in MI, I actually wear this Capote pretty much all winter long, because it's so warm!