Beaded Jewel Spider - Zoltan
Beaded spider handmade by Love Gorgeous owner Gabi Innocent. Each of these pretty little spiders is a one-off. Apart from being popular for Halloween they make lovely unusual Christmas decorations and are a great gift for arachnophiles.Spiders are considered lucky and even thought to have been the inspiration for tinsel decoration for Christmas, courtesy of the legend of the Christmas spider. Spiders can come with a little card explaining the story of the Christmas spider, interpreted in my poem below.Zoltan features a stunning rich amethyst, turquoise and silver leaf barrel shaped lampwork bead for the body. These beads are formed over an open flame by experienced glass artists and require great skill, patience and time to create. This particular bead is from a one-off set of only six beads. The head is a turquoise cats eye bead bead atop a Tibetan Silver beadcap and a crystal rondelle separates head and body. A striking turquoise AB coated Swarovski crystal sits between the crystal rondelle and body bead and also features in the legs. The legs echo the colours of the body and head with a variety of seed beads, those beautiful crystals and silver heishi. Gorgeous rich colours for a more contemporary Christmas theme. ————————————————————The Legend of the Christmas SpiderOnce upon a time at Christmas...A poor family down on their kneesWent to the forest to cut one of its treesWith no money for decorations to spareThe tree would sadly have to stay looking bareBut a little spider had hitched a rideAnd tried his best to stay out of sightWhen up went the tree the spider beganspinning a web, back and forth he ranCome morn the sun made the silken strands shineShimmering in shades of Silver and Gold oh so fineThe family on waking looked on in aweNot believing what their weary eyes sawThey felt oh so blessed and realisation struckFrom then on they would only have good luck©️ Gabi Innocent
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