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Kimberly Price - The Princess and the Pea
Category: Sculpture.
Stitches used include: peyote stitch (one and two drop) brick stitch, square stitch, right angle weave, kinky fringe, 3 strand braid and multi bead edging.
Princess: peyote stitch, square stitch, right angle weave, kinky fringe and Miyuki 15/0's
Bed (Mattress and Base) : 2 drop peyote, brick stitch, multi bead edging, Miyuki 15/0's
Bedposts: 2 drop peyote, brick stitch, lampworked glass beads
Vine: 3 strand braid with etched, pressed glass beads
Pea: peyote stitch
Crown: peyote stitch with vintage crystal bead
For the vine growing up the bedpost I used Mary Tafoya's instructions for three strand braid (of Aunt Molly's Bead Street). For the kinky fringe I used Sigrid Wynne-Evans instructions in the April 1999 issue of Jewelry Crafts.
The lampworked beads on the bedposts were 'donated' :-) by my good friend Amber Higgins of 'Worn Beadies'
( www.wornbeadies.com ).
The mattress part of the bed was stitched around my metal 'BandAid' container. The pea was a beaded bead.
For the bedposts I used telescopic metal tubing as a base. I needed the smaller diameter at the top for the beaded lid to clear the bedposts easily when opened.
The princess is my first beaded Delica figure. She is done in freeform peyote with a bit of square stitch here and there. Her dress is basically RAW. Her hair is done in Sig Wynne-Evans kinky fringe. It is similar to the 'spikey' fringe that I usually use, but slightly different and better I thought for the hair.
The Story:
The Princess and the Pea is the story of a prince who had wandered the land looking for a suitable princess. He returned home unsuccessful. One night there was a great storm. A bedraggled looking young woman came to the castle claiming to be a princess seeking shelter.
The queen welcomed the girl and ordered the servants to prepare a room. She hid a pea under the mattress and then requested her staff to place as many mattresses as could be found upon the bed.
After a stormy night, the queen asked the girl how she had slept. The princess, not wanting to seem ungrateful, remarked that it was a lovely soft bed and that she was very appreciative of their hospitality. However, she had felt a lump under her all night which had allowed her little sleep.
The queen apologized and rushed off to find her son. She explained to the prince with great excitement that only a girl of regal birth could have felt such a thing. The prince and the princess were married and after the wedding the pea was placed in a case and put on display in the castle museum.