The Grounds for Sculpture is an inspiring place and we wanted to do something very special for them. So we designed two projects just for them! The first is a peyote-stitch pendant featuring a stylized version of the Grounds for Sculpture logo. Since it is a sculpture garden, we embellished the logo with little flower fringes.
Workshop participants will learn odd-count peyote. We want them to have some color choices and some design choices as well. So we offer three color combinations, as well as an alternate tribal graphic that can be made with the same beads as the logo pendant. The pendant can hang from a peyote-stitch bail or a simpler bail made of 3 loops of strung beads.
Three fringe embellishments are offered: the flower fringes shown on the purple pendant, the Swarovski crystal fringes shown on the green pendant, and the swag fringe shown on the tribal graphic version of the pendant in hematite.
For the second workshop, we designed an earring that looks like a peacock in full plumage. The Grounds for Sculpture has some resident peacocks and they use these majestic birds in their branding as well. The earrings are made using a modified St. Petersburg stitch and a lot of sparkling Czech faceted fire-polished beads.
