Beading artwork

Beading Arts features tutorials, business advice, and artist profiles for artists working with beads.

Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging

Headdress – Jeneen, 2019, by Dana Claxton, a critically acclaimed international exhibiting artist. She works in film, video, photography, single and multi- channel video installation, and performance art. Her practice investigates indigenous beauty, the body, the socio-political and the spiritual. Her family reserve is Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations located in SW Saskatchewan and she resides in Vancouver Canada.

2003. Bead embroidery using size 15 Japanese seed beads by Amy Clarke Moore. Apples seem to represent passion, desire, and earthly connections. In Two Apples, two sides are presented--the dark and the light.

We grew up watching the man in the moon, so solitary and still. If the Moon Had Friends, the night sky would be a joyous riot of moons and stars. With friends, we are less lonely and life is an adventure! This original ocean-themed beaded mosaic by Diana Maus is layered with bugle and seed beads, embellished with crystals, birds and stars, and hand-set with love for the mighty Pacific Ocean. This mixed media art wall hanging is 8” wide x 8” tall by 1” deep on wood panel. Ready to hang.

Sarah Gwyer is known for her exuberant portraits, in which she expertly combines a rainbow of colourful threads with a vast treasure-trove of beads and

This large scale forest embroidery was commissioned for a private interior project. Taking almost 600 hours to complete, this piece created a magical addition to a clients master bedroom, brining the essence forest surrounding the property inside. Working with one of the UK’s last remaining metal thread makers I explored how a variety of copper threads could capture the feel of branches, vines and trunks, combining to create a scene of seven trees, each with their unique personality.

I got sidetracked working on other hoops, but here's an update on this piece, which is coming together nicely 💫