I really enjoy making snakes, but they take a loooooong time to complete. Working out the configuration of beads to create the coils is always a fun puzzle to solve. This one ended up with a kind of a grin, hence her name above. She's about 8 1/2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Her eyes are made from sequins and bugle beads.
The kind folks at SD Voyager have published a little profile on yours truly. And this is the profile photo I sent to represent me - it's a close-up from a small figure I made, her name is "Mama". She really doesn't look anything like me, and yet she does :)
The link to SD Voyager: http://sdvoyager.com/interview/meet-cynthia-winters-bead-spy-studio-chula-vista
This little one offers a surprise in the dark - her tentacle tips glow! (see photo below under "For Your Eyes Only"). I picked up some glow-in-the-dark seed beads from Dancing Bear Indian Trader (Escondido, CA) a while ago and was excited to find a way to use them - so here they are in her tentacles and little points on her head. Just need
to expose them to bright light for a time, and then the beads will illuminate in darkness - quite fun! Our Octopus is somewhat malleable, her legs can be stretched out - she normallly sits at about 3 3/4 inches wide, but can reach out to about 8 inches, and she can be positioned in many ways. However, she is on the fragile side so she should be handled with care - as should we all :)