Recreation of Jewelryy and clothing
from Petrus Christus' "Portrait of a Woman (or Girl)" 1479

I found a poster of this paintg and realized it was beady. I had to have it and make it, and I did. I used .33 gauge beadwire and black glass beads,, the pearls were antique ones from my Grandmother, not real but do feel and look it, very heavy, I also used bronze bugles for the "spokes" on the ladder parts of the necklace. I used wire as the numerous tires I attempted with various bead threads were unseccuessful. The wire worked right off. I did this a bit like macrame' , I used pins to guide and hold down the sectiosn as I did them and keep them shaped on a pladded half moon pelliow I made especially for this. This was a experiment, taught me alot, I might do it again sometime, once you got going it wasn't hard.