Buddha in the Beads - a mult-method enterprise

This past week I spent with some real detail work! First I painted a wooden frame with acrylic paint. Then I added a few "3D effects" shapes that I had cast in epoxy.



In the upper right corner is a dome shaped piece with an encapsulated Swarovski crystal. the upper left has a face cast in clear but painted blue. Mid-left is another dome with Delica beads cast inside.


Then the big Buddha Maitreya cast in clear with golden sparkling glitter and transparent red pigment, then pained with liquid gold enamel and red acrylic paint.
In the top I added tulle and a pearl ribbon.



Finally I added tons of Delica beads and lifted, turned and moved every single bead with tweezers or my X-acto knife, so that they all faced with the reflective surface outwards (and not barrel turned). They were fastened with clear glossy varnish. What one cannot see is that last I also sprayed the frame with Gold paint on the outside.