This past year I have flown a lot!, both for business and medical reasons. On one of my many trips to Santa Barbara to see doctors post surgery, I had the time and opportunity to try my hand at bead weaving. This was very theraputic in calming my nerves and helped make the travel enjoyable, although a little tricky with beads rolling around my lap on the airplane. I never have time to do projects like this, so it was a fun excuse to create something just for the heck of it. The inspiration for this design comes from Nancy Compston who teaches at the Bead Company near LA. Her work is fabulous! This design is a spiral weave pattern with beads added for texture near the clasp. My contribution to the design is the magnetic clasp which makes the bracelet easy to put on. I glued seed beads around the edge of the clasp to hide the metal of the clasp.
