u/SilentThreadsStudio

I create large-scale bead embroidery artworks, turning images into handmade textile pieces, one bead at a time. I work with thousands of tiny glass seed beads, carefully building colour, light, texture and detail stitch by stitch. My process begins long before the embroidery itself - I prepare and refine the image, develop the pattern, build the colour palette and test the bead combinations before starting the final piece. Each artwork takes months of work and can contain tens of thousands of individual beads. My current project, a large horse portrait, will contain approximately 109,500 beads when finished. What I love most about bead embroidery is the contrast between the tiny scale of each individual bead and the complexity of the finished image. From a distance, I want the artwork to resemble a painting; up close, you can see that the entire image is built from thousands of individual stitches. I'm sharing some of my work here because I’d love to show more people what can be done with bead embroidery as a form of textile art.

I create large-scale bead embroidery artworks from images, turning them into one-of-a-kind handmade textile pieces. Each artwork is stitched entirely by hand, bead by bead. I carefully prepare the pattern and colour palette before beginning the embroidery, then bring the image to life as a physical artwork. The pieces shown here are examples of my work. My current horse portrait is still in progress and will contain approximately 109,500 individual glass seed beads when finished, measuring about 90 × 50 cm. I’m currently accepting custom commissions. If you have an image you’d like transformed into a large-scale bead embroidery artwork, feel free to message me. Custom commissions are quoted individually depending on the size, complexity and amount of work involved.

I’m happy to discuss the design, materials, timeframe, framing and shipping options by DM.

This is one of my large-scale bead embroidery artworks.

The piece contains approximately 60,000 beads and took me around three months to complete, entirely by hand.

I use thousands of individual beads to recreate the depth, colour and details of a painting on textile. From a distance, it reads almost like a painting; up close, you can see every individual bead.

I love the process of transforming an image into something completely physical and tactile — one bead at a time.

This is my first post on Reddit, and I'm happy to share more about the process and answer questions.