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Make:OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model:u7040,S7040
Shutter Speed:10/40 second
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Date Taken:Feb 27, 2012, 3:31:30 PM
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Hi, I brought a butterflyby *Rrkra

Artisan Crafts / Dolls, Plushies & Custom Toys / Original Artist Dolls

Me experimenting with joints again. Yay, moving parts!

Critiques on because...erm... I dunno. Just because

I'm aware there are many things that are off in this one. Beadwork is like that - you fix several old mistakes and then make several new ones

A plantlike something. Has a flower on its tail.
Around 18 cm (7 inches) high and 27 cm (10.6inches) long, but that depends on the pose.

Joints - 2 in legs, 2 in hands, 1 in the middle of the body. Fingers have wires inside, so he can hold light things. Tail has a wire inside too.

Because I wanted to experiment with this type of joints.
Well... What can I say. Better than using a big glass bead, but still... Beadwork is fairly flexible - doesn't hold poses as good as plastic/porcelain would. So note to self - next time use lighter filling. As light as possible. Seed beads are heavy enough by themselves. And preferably one solid shape - not separate beads. Because otherwise parts bend and twist and act like fabric. And that takes a while to fix. >_>

But it stands well and doesn't try to fall from any incautious move. That's a progress.

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Materials used:
Toho size 11: 246 (Inside-Color Luster Black Diamond/Opaque Yellow Lined), 83 (Metallic Iris Brown), 2204 (Pink Lined Olivine), 2219 (Silver-Lined Lt Grape), 7b (Transparent Grass Green), 26c (Silver-Lined Amethyst), iridescent purple.
Treasures: 771 (Inside-Color Rainbow Crystal/Strawberry Lined), 83 (Metallic Iris Brown)
Size 15: 27b (Silver-Lined Grass Green), 246 (Inside-Color Luster Black Diamond/Opaque Yellow Lined), 85 (Metallic Iris Purple), 26(Silver-Lined Lt Amethyst).
Size 8: 2224 (Silver-Lined Purple), transparent rainbow-lustered green.
Some hexagons and red magatamas. And other random beads.
Braided fishing line (0.1 mm) and size 12 beading needles.