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Beadwork By:
BERNA ALVARADO-RODRIGUEZ
I started beading (costumes) 35 years ago. About 15 years ago I "discovered" size 11 and smaller seed beads. I've been work with them since then. Not only do I bead bottles but I also bead amulet bags and jewelry.

Fuchsia Flames, a bottle, is about 6.5" tall including lid, 2.25" in diameter.
It is made in peyote stitch and peyote ruffles out of 11 seed beads.

Iceberg, a bottle, is 14" tall with a rectangular base 4" on each side. It is made in freeform peyote stitch using various sizes of seed beads,
Swarovski crystals and pearls, and other Czech glass beads. I worked on it for over 100 hours. I have included a closeup of Iceber.

Snake Skin, a bottle, is 14" tall and an oval base,2.5" at the
widest. It is made of various seed beads, Japanese cube
beads, Czech crystals and pressed glass. It was my first
attempt at freeform peyote on a form.

Genie's Bottle, a decanter, is about 7.5" tall and about 7" in diameter.
It is made in peyote stitch and net out of 11 seed beads.

Beadwork By: BERNA ALVARADO-RODRIGUEZ I started beading (costumes) 35 years ago. About 15 years ago I "discovered" size 11 and smaller seed beads. I've been work with them since then. Not only do I bead bottles but I also bead amulet bags and jewelry.
	Fuchsia Flames, a bottle, is about 6.5" tall including lid, 2.25" in diameter. It is made in peyote stitch and peyote ruffles out of 11 seed beads.

Iceberg, a bottle, is 14" tall with a rectangular base 4" on each side. It is made in freeform peyote stitch using various sizes of seed beads, Swarovski crystals and pearls, and other Czech glass beads. I worked on it for over 100 hours. I have included a closeup of Iceber.

Snake Skin, a bottle, is 14" tall and an oval base,2.5" at the widest. It is made of various seed beads, Japanese cube beads, Czech crystals and pressed glass. It was my first attempt at freeform peyote on a form.	Genie's Bottle, a decanter, is about 7.5" tall and about 7" in diameter. It is made in peyote stitch and net out of 11 seed beads.