In my first grade, I was 6 or 7 years old, we had an embroidery project to do. I remember that piece of cotton that was to become a baby bib. I had to follow the dotted blue lines with my needle and the colored thread representing a little teddy bear playing with a ball. The  colors gradually appeared to my delight. Once finished, my godmother added a beautiful yellow lace all around it and in my little girl’s heart, my bib was the most beautiful!

I was not aware, at that time, of the creative universe that had just opened up to me. Over the years, I learned : knitting, crochet, sewing, painting, photography, pottery, enamel fused on copper and interior design, in fact, everything that allowed me to explore my creativity with colors and textures! Like many artists, I have a constant need to create, arrange and bring beautiful components together and I had to find the technique that would allows me to do so.

In 2011 I started to make jewelry by learning first, Bead Stringing, then Polymer Clay, Wire Wrapping but there was always something missing to suit my creative needs. Then came the Bead Embroidery technique…I was hooked! This technique would allow me to let my imagination run wild by bringing all the possible components, cabochons, found objects, unusual  forms and textures together and be able to create unique designs. I cannot say that I have a specific style, each piece is imagined and created with the inspiration of the moment. This is what I love to do and it is a passion!

Suzanne Séguin, Beadwork Design Artist