Turtle Sea Collar

I was very fortunate to be a winner in the August Facet Design Challenge run by B&B Magazine with this piece. The title for the challenge was A Day At The Sea. Also winning first place and Standard of Excellence at the Royal Sydney Show.
I love working with these colours as can be seen by a previous collar called The Reef. The freeform bead embroidery gives one scope to be creative and use interesting components. The turtle charm is made of copper with a green patina. I think he is very happy in his new home in the waves!
The background painting is by my talented husband Chris.
Sold in my Etsy shop.