These little purple onions came to be during a foodish faze, and were made not long after a beaded piece of sushi (on view in the gallery). So as I was 'stuffing' them with rice like seed beads, it occurred to me to top the one on the left with a large pearl bead (hence the pun). Then the friend on the right has a bit of the

sushi vibe, topped with roe-like beads.