These Hand Beads are all costumed in great
detail. Lavish laces and embroideries, fabrics of many kinds--all are imitated
using polymer clay in many different techniques.
Click here to see the hands
available for purchase.
There are even tiny "buttons" on many of the sleeves! With styles that range from the distant past all the way into the future,
each little hand is a miniature work of art, and a perfect accessory to
Vintage and Wearable Art ensembles. The beads can be strung as pendants, or with other beads in strands.
They
make a wonderful center "showcase" bead.
The hands themselves are individually formed of clay in the following
colors: ivory, chocolate, silver or gold.
Done up in several costume color variations that include: faux ivory,
black and metallics, and vivid pearlized, these are both charming and unique.
Hand Beads are pierced at the top, and can
also be strung to great effect as Holiday Christmas Ornaments for an antique
look on your tree--this is especially effective on a small pine tree
or as part of a wreath. Use a few in other decorative arrangements. Place
one in the center of a lacy bow, or a cluster of ribbons!
Polymer clay is also used to mimic the effect of traditional
India Henna tattoos in a semi-permanent style called "Mehndi".
These designs are often applied to decorate the hands and feet of fashionable
Indian women and particularly brides!
Unlike the other hand beads, these are not "dressed" but are
decorated using canes in a henna and ivory range.
They can be strung as they are, or with a pendant loop formed with wire,
as show on the Beads page.
The wire can even be wrapped to appear like a bracelet on the hand.
They can be worn as beads, or used in making dolls or decorative figures.
The hand beads seen below give the look of tribal tattoos.
They are
the only style of hands that makes use of applied ink markings instead
of colored clay canes. Blue or indigo markings are a very traditional "look"
in several cultures and each is a strong statement all by itself.
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