Hand Bead Embroidery Designs

Eliza McClelland is a fantastic British textile artist specialising in bead embroidery. Her bold images are created using glass beads and canvas. Eliza finds inspiration in historical glass work and stainless windows, you can see this in her use of jewel like colours and bold designs. Remember to click on the gallery on this link, to see some of Eliza’s wonderful beadwork.

Eliza visited the Colouricious studio recently and recorded a video to share with you a fascinating insight into the bold historical textile technique of bead embroidery. In the video Eliza shows you how to create bead work, detailing what canvas, what thread and how. Most importantly Eliza shows you how to make your work usable!

Eliza McClelland