Beaded Bottles

It seemed to be a natural progression to me to try using the Peyote stitch to cover a bottle. After completing a half dozen or more amulet bags I was anxious to try this stitch in another manner. While taking pictures with my new digital camera I discovered these two bottles in a Native American exhibit in a California art museum. The bottle on the left was done many years ago by a member of the Wintu tribe. The bottle on the right, also done by a member of the Wintu tribe, is a modern day work of art.



Due to family and time constraints I did not feel that I could tackle beading bottles as large as the ones I had photographed. Thus began a quest for smaller bottles. Recently I was visited a peddler's fair that featured a booth selling old bottles. I purchased a handful in cobalt blue, amber and green. They are small, no more than a few inches tall.





The first bottle is nearly finished. Digging into my priced stash of Delica beads I chose green and bronze beads to cover a very small green bottle. The green beads are an iris teal green and the accent beads are matte bronze. I am using a 3 bead lace Peyote stitch. This picture shows the bottle nearly full size. This stitch covers quickly and also allows a bit of the glass bottle to show through. My plan is to cover the bottle completely, as well as designing a beaded cap of some sort.




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Annie's Bead Pages
January 31,1997