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Samantha Pedicelli Toronto, Canada http://sampedicelli.blogspot.ca instagram: @sampedicelli

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Last chance to sign up for my beadwork class on July 18th! That's this Saturday right? Yeah. Get in touch with me if you're interested! A lot of people have been requesting shorter duration classes with a lower tuition fee, so I will also be running some half day workshops in August if anyone is interested in that. (Email)[email protected] (Call or text) 905-441-5346 #harbourfrontcentre #harbourfrontto #artclasses #beading #beadwork #torontoarts #fibreart #toronto

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Hey everyone! I'm running two workshops at Harbourfront next month on beadwork! It's a day long course from 10-6 on July 4th and there's another one on July 18th. You will learn how to recreate any image through a technique of all-over beading, and by the end of the class will get to take home your own original art piece. Get in touch with me if you're interested in taking a class on either July 4th or July 18th via email or phone [email protected] 905-441-5346 (call or text) #embroidery #textiles #torontoart #workshop #artclasses #art #harbourfrontcentre #beadwork #diy #beadembroidery

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Finally complete "Mirror, Mirrored" 6 X 8 inches, hand sewn glass beads and thread on canvas.

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Starting something at double the scale I usually work. Based on a selfie I grabbed off instagram

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Family photographs - installation view at OCAD's retrospective show.

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Finished. 3rd piece in my "Family Photographs" series. 6 X 4 Beads and thread on cotton fabric

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Wondering if I took on something a little too complex for such a small scale. Work in progress.

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Layered disperse dye and hand embroidery

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"Good vibes" Machine embroidery

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Freehand machine embroidery attempt

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Beaded photo in progress

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A better photo of my first beaded portrait. 4X6 inches Beads and thread on canvas

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Finally finished. The first of hopefully a few portraits/photo reproductions to come 4 X 6 Beads and thread on canvas

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HAPPENING NOW [VERY IMPORTANT]: Venezuela’s soldiers are killing their people. The Government is sending their armed gangs to kill them and they have censored all the media in their country, even blocking photos posted on social media sites. They shut down all the cable channels that broadcast news, so they can’t know what’s going on. The people have no source of protection at all. Students are protesting to save their country and their lives at this very moment. All they have are their social networks to get the word out so, PLEASE RE-BLOG THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD. VENEZUELA IS ON THE BRINK OF A CIVIL WAR  AND CLOSE TO BECOMING A FULL COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. THEIR PEOPLE NEED YOUR HELP. —— Please, this is very important to me, one of my closest friends went to visit family in Venezuela over winter break and they won’t let him come back to Florida. We’re graduating in a few months and it hurts me to know that his baseball career and all of his hard work and dedication to his grades here in the U.S. was all for nothing. Please.

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Work in progress, my first attempt at beading a representational image.