My name is Tereza Soukupová, formerly Drábková, and I come from the land of beads – the Czech Republic which is a beautiful small country in the middle of Europe.
I’ve been playing with beads since I was ten years old. Throughout my beading journey, I have tried many different techniques, enjoyed making beaded animals, did some wire working, also chainmaille, experimented with polymer clay and much more.
In 2009, I tried using Japanese TOHO seed beads, one of the most regular type of rocaille, in my work for the first time which set me on the path leading to beadweaving. Nevertheless, in 2012, I took the major step and became a self-taught jewellery artist focusing mostly on soutache embroidery technique.
I also teach beading classes of different levels focused mostly on soutache embroidery.
For those who can’t attend my beading classes, I create PDF tutorials with detailed photographs and a thorough description for which I also prepare kits. You can also watch my video tutorials created for Potomac Bead Company YouTube channel. I joined their “forces” in 2018, leading their European branch potomacbeads.eu.
Exhibitions & Bead Shows
London; April 2018 – »Button Ring« and »Cubicon« beaded bead Make & Take beading classes; Beaded pendant with Potomac Bead Company exclusives – live demo
Press
The amazing Perlen Poesie magazine published my tutorial for Emerald Mists pendant. You can order an issue in EN or DE here.
This tutorial was also published in Japanese magazine Bead Art in July 2016.
My interview for Australian Digital Beading Magazine.
Erika Sándor’s interview about me and my work.
Contests
Ball and Chain competing in the Battle of Beadsmith 2016.
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
Ball and Chain soutache set
»Ball and chain« is a set of earrings and a long necklace made of soutache 3D elements, glass rings, and a central soutache pendant. Stitches used: Peyote stitch, soutache embroidery, herringbone stitch Materials used: 1x Swarovski Sea Urchin Round Stone 14 mm; 6x Swarovski Rivoli 10 mm; 9x Swarovski rivoli 8mm; Czech rounds (3 mm, 4 mm, 8 mm); Czech fire-polished beads (4 mm); 10x Czech glass rings (23 mm); Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0; Nymo; Leatherette Measurements: Central pendant: 9 x 8,5 cm; chain 81 cm; earrings 7,2 x 5,5 cm Time: 60 hours of beading + 10 hours of preparations (sketching, picking colours,...)
My brooch Forest Glade won the third place in Swarovski Fall Design Contest 2015.
Forest Glade
»Forest Glade« brooch with Swarovski fancy stone, Swarovski rivoli crystals, Swarovski pearls, Czech pressed rounds, TOHO seed beads, soutache, Ultrasuede
Forest Glade
»Forest Glade« brooch with Swarovski fancy stone, Swarovski rivoli crystals, Swarovski pearls, Czech pressed rounds, TOHO seed beads, soutache, Ultrasuede
Forest Glade
»Forest Glade« brooch with Swarovski fancy stone, Swarovski rivoli crystals, Swarovski pearls, Czech pressed rounds, TOHO seed beads, soutache, Ultrasuede
Forest Glade
»Forest Glade« brooch with Swarovski fancy stone, Swarovski rivoli crystals, Swarovski pearls, Czech pressed rounds, TOHO seed beads, soutache, Ultrasuede
Circinate Vernation competing in the Battle of the Beadsmith 2014.
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
Circinate Vernation soutache set
My 2014 battle piece is called „Circinate Vernation“ and it is a set of a necklace and a pair of earrings. The name covers its resemblance to fern as well as the vast amount of spirals. Originally and in private, I used a Czech nickname „Rákosníček“ which is a character from a famous Czech child cartoon. If you’d like to know why, try to google it I worked with techniques such as peyote stitch, bead embroidery, beadweaving, and most of all soutache embroidery. Used materials are Czech Preciosa seed beads, Japanese seed beads 11/0 and 15/0, Czech fire polished beads, Czech pressed rounds, hand made polymer clay cabochons, a hand made glass cabochon with silver, Czech soutache braids, Ultrasuede and Alcantara suede for backing, Nymo and S-lon threads, and stainless steel wires for earrings. Sizing: 41 cm length around neck; 31 cm from clasp to the end of the longest fringe; max width 15 cm. I measured the time while I was sewing which took 70 hours. And so in reality, I guess, it took me many more hours to complete it Finally, I would like to thank to Lucie Růžičková who created the beautiful polymer clay cabs I used for this piece, and to Jana Zouzalová l Fotografie for the awesome photos on a model 🙂
My Battle of the Beadsmith 2013 Autumn Breeze entry got into TOP20 in this contest.
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!
Autumn Breeze soutache necklace
Autumn breeze necklace made with Peyote stitch, bead embroidery, soutache embroidery using hand made polymer clay cabochons, Czech pressed drops and rounds, fire-polished beads and discs, Preciosa seed beads, S-lon, soutache, ultrasuede, felt. The polymer clay cabochons were made by Lucie Růžičková, my wonderful friend, I want to thank her so much!