Courtney Denise Lipson combines expert skills as a metalsmith with her love of antique seed beads to create several collections of micro mosaic bead jewelry. After years of sculpting and painting, Lipson felt a pull towards metalworking, drawing on a long family history of jewelry making. Each miniature work of art requires patience and precision – the artist first makes the metal form and then, depending on the size of the beads, there are between 150-700 beads used per square inch!
Pictured below is the polished form ready to receive beads. See more of her process here.
Holy expletive, Batman… That is patience.
oy…my head hurts just thinking about working that small!!
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