Another one of my passions, and probably the most tedious of all the hundreds of passions I claim, is beaded embroidery. My beaded embroidery contrasts the simplicity of the pieces in the Spirals and Vortexes series by being anything but open, breezy, or of simple design. My beaded work is heavy, literally and aesthetically, and thick with thousands of tiny beads. The shapes evoke those of the blossoms in oriental motif and textile design.

Red and Blue Flowers

8" in diameter, Czech glass seed beads, silver, ceramic, and mono-filament on ticking cloth 

Sarah Blevins, 2013