Friday, January 22, 2010

Beaded Beads with Golf Balls and Tennis Balls



My boyfriend drilled some golf balls and tennis balls for me so I could weave them into beaded beads.  The top one with just golf balls is an Octahedral Cluster, and the one with tennis balls too is a Double Rose Window.  These are big and heavy!  What I learned: Weaving with large heavy beads is a heck of a lot harder than weaving with itty bitty beads.  Gravity is not my friend here.  Using a big bowl to hold my work in progress is very helpful.

13 comments:

  1. This idea fascinate me and it's very funny! Fantastic "bead"work! ;-))
    Many greetings,
    Nicki

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  2. Thank you so much Nicki for your comment. I think that anything with a hole is technically a bead, so these still count ;)
    Cheers,
    gwen

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  3. These are so cool and hilarious too! What did you use for thread?

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  4. Fishing line... Ugly Braid 50lb tess and Fireline 8lb tess.

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  5. These are really great! ... fantastic idea!

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  6. Too funny! Great for Father's Day.

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  7. great idea! these might be fun for an article in a magazine. the math is very impressive, and the beadwork is great!
    Mary A

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  8. These are too much fun!! I love this idea. You go Gwen.

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