#DesignsByOnye
LightNews LightNews
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
2 pens made from beads, one made from dark grey seed beads, the other made from various multicolored crystal and glass beads.
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
Small beaded-bead (held by my left hand), created with 2.5 millimeter clear Czech firepolished crystals and size 15 gunmetal grey seed beads
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Help fund my trip: purchase a piece or donate.
CashApp/Venmo DesignsByOnye;
or Zelle Onye17 @ Gmail
May 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#WearableArt #ForSale
Rainbow Graphene pendant
$150
A rainbow assortment of Czech 4mm fire polish crystals, woven using triangle weave, into a hexagonal pendant. Edging embellished with clear cylindrical seed beads.
December 20, 2024 at 9:57 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
I'm gonna jump on the #JanuArty train with new creations this weekend...
Here's some previous work that I'm proud of. 🩵
Oil-slick glass cabochon bezeled in purple and gold seed beads with 6 short beaded spokes. Cobalt blue multi-layered spherical Beaded-bead pendant held in my left hand Screenshot of a Facebook post, featuring a photo of beaded-beads i made in 2015. Black AB firepolished crystals woven into cylinders. Text above photo: Onye Obama-Ndika Nov. 5, 2015 • 🌍 Cylinder beaded beads. Name: "Cont.Stellation" - Denoting a continuous stellation of a sphere That builds upward, as well as the star formed at each end. Possible earring design. #fb #BeadedBead #glass #Beadwork #DesignsByOnye #3Dbeading #newwork #earrings #ForSale A pile of Six geometric line-drawing stickers in blue ink, above my old DesignsByOnye business card
January 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Work in progress.
One of the layers is/was a rhombic #triacontahedron (affectionately known as an RTC or "Artie" to my fellow #geometry nerds & polyhedron-enthusiasts).
This would be considered a stellated #zonohedron, I think.
#DesignsByOnye #BeadedBeads
#GeometricArt #Beadweaving
February 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Small bit of beadwork made in the dark hours.
(Other works are always in progress.)
A 3-layered 'cigar-band' ring, made from 3mm fire-polished (bronze; topaz AB) crystals, and 13/0 black diamond AB charlottes. Triangle Weave.
#DesignsByOnye
#WearableArt
#TriangleWeave
#CrystalBeadwork
Top view of a beaded cigar band ring beaded cigar band ring on the knuckle of my left ring finger
September 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
#WIP #WorkInProgress
Small beaded-bead, resting on black fabric, created with 2.5 millimeter clear Czech firepolished crystals and size 15 gunmetal grey and matte cobalt blue seed beads. Image resembles small floral cluster of seven circles
December 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Pendant #ForSale
"Nefarious Star" - base structure: tetrahedron chain
Silver-plated 18" chain included
$220 (shipping fees included)
.
.
.
#DesignsByOnye
#AlwaysBeCreating
#Beadweaving
#Handmade
"Nefarious Star" seed bead pendant made with various sizes of Black & grey seed beads. Photographed on a white background. Shape is akin to a 10-pointed star. 🌟
December 7, 2024 at 6:54 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
This will end up being a pendant (I think...for now).
Wanted to capture this layer for reference & posterity.
The strings are long enough for me to construct a bail.
Calling this a #Strongball also; 6 layers.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
#MathArt #RTC
#Icosahedral
#BuckyBall
December 7, 2024 at 1:26 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#DesignsByOnye
Instagram.com/DesignsByOnye
4 photos in one, of my King Cake Zonohedron beaded microsculpture (giant beaded-bead) Tweet screenshot of my 4-foot by 4-foot Flower of Life sculpture photo. Text says: "She looks so good in the sun! #FlowerOfLife #DesignsByOnye #GeometricArt" Nefarious Star pendant Mauve-Star Particle beaded microsculpture
April 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social

#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
“3D-Graffiti” Public Art Sculpture
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
“3D-Graffiti” Public Art Sculpture - stellated icosahedron woven with Paracord & foam oval-shaped pool floats, spray painted in yellow, turquoise, orange, red, purple & brown.
December 15, 2024 at 11:14 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Finished.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
Small beaded-bead pendant (held by my left hand), created with 2.5 millimeter clear Czech firepolished crystals, size 15 gunmetal grey seed beads & size 15 matte silver-lined cobalt blue seed beads.
December 8, 2024 at 1:10 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Another 'protruded' beaded-bead in progress. 5 layers without the protrusions. There will be 20 protrusions total.
#DesignsByOnye
#WIP #WorkInProgress
5 layered beaded-bead with Dodecahedral structure and cubic-style protrusions. 2 Black protrusions seen on each side of the center orb, constructed with clear AB-lustered size 8 seed beads.
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
A beaded-bead I bartered at #BridgesMathArt2024
A black & grey dodecahedral beaded-bead with light blue crystals woven onto the 10 Protrusions at the hemisphere, And darker blue crystals woven into the protrusions at the top and bottom openings. A black & grey dodecahedral beaded-bead with light blue crystals woven onto the 10 Protrusions at the hemisphere, And darker blue crystals woven into the protrusions at the top and bottom openings. (Top down view)
December 18, 2024 at 11:30 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#PreviousWorks

These are #Strongball beaded-bead bracelets.
B&W one is mine, aqua one sold years ago (incidentally redesigned as a necklace). The center grey BB was made in 2010; it has 7 layers. Only 1 BB has required replacement since.
"Strongball" Beaded-bead bracelet: a strand of multi-layered Beaded-beads. All beads are monochromatic (black and white and/or grey & clear. Beads do not buckle or collapse when squeezed. "Strongball" Beaded-bead bracelet: a strand of 11 multi-layered Beaded-beads. All these beads are created with aqua, white, black grey & clear seed beads & some crystal beads. Beads do not buckle or collapse when squeezed.
December 6, 2024 at 9:43 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye #WIP
#Gizmo
This is one of those 'oil-slick' glass stones that gets piled into vases. Much more purple in reality.
That "button-style" embellishment (3rd pic) is one of (what will be) a total of 6.
Still deciding if I should add onto the back, or leave as-is.
Metallic grey glass stone, bezeled (circularly encased) in purple & gold seed beads. Front facing perspective. Metallic grey glass stone, bezeled (circularly encased) in purple & gold seed beads. Rear facing perspective. Metallic grey glass stone, bezeled (circularly encased) in purple & gold & crystal seed beads. Edge facing perspective.
December 9, 2024 at 7:05 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Post a photo from your device, no explanation:
Screenshot of one of my Instagram comments (ID DesignsByOnye) I know a writer that said, "opinions can be lethal," and this comment section is undeniable proof. *whew*
March 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#WearableArt #ForSale
"Confetti Collar" & "Bauble Collar"
Wearable art that I modeled in the #BridgesMathArt 2024 Fashion Event.
gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/...
Confetti Collar. 24 Geometric Beaded-beads, handmade with various sizes of seed beads (size 6 - 24), microtubes, Czech crystals, and 6lb monofilament. Neck ring is stainless steel wire with a threaded ball closure that can be removed if the wearer decides to convert or rearrange the beaded-beads. Confetti Collar. 24 Geometric Beaded-beads, handmade with various sizes of seed beads (size 6 - 24), microtubes, Czech crystals, and 6lb monofilament. Neck ring is stainless steel wire with a threaded ball closure that can be removed if the wearer decides to convert or rearrange the beaded-beads. Bauble Collar. 15 Geometric Beaded-beads, handmade with various sizes of seed beads (size 6 - 20), crackle glass, metal beads, resin beads, Czech crystals, and 6lb monofilament. Neck ring is stainless steel wire with a threaded ball closure that can be removed if the wearer decides to convert or rearrange the beaded-beads.
December 21, 2024 at 11:55 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
Anemone II; 5 x 5 x 5 cm
Machine-cut crystal beads; metal size 8 seed beads, glass seed beads: sizes 8-20; 6 lb monofilament
(c) 2020 #BridgesMathArt
gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/...
"Anemone II": Decorative Orb (art piece) woven with beads. As with my 2019 submission (Anemone Ball), I've duplicated most of the hyper-layering of seed beads using netting, right-angle weave, peyote stitch, square stitch and triangle weave. At the thirty vertices of a beaded rhombic triacontahedron, I've created 4-sided protrusions. I've embellished the protrusions in a five-color array to illustrate chirality. "In chemistry, a molecule or ion is called chiral if it cannot be superposed on its mirror image by any combination of rotations and translations. The terms are derived from Ancient Greek χείρ, meaning "hand"; which is the canonical example of an object with this property." [Wikipedia] When lines are drawn between each protrusion of the same color, an octahedron is formed.
December 12, 2024 at 10:26 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Art is
My defense
Against
A world
That tries
To break
My heart.

Cubic-Construct Beaded-bead
Pendant and/or Fidget
$150
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
#GeometricArt
#PainCantStopArt
Corner-view of a cubic-shaped beaded-bead, made with clear 2.5mm crystals, lavender size 9 seed beads and size 11 matte purple iris cylindrical seed beads. Side-view of a cubic-shaped beaded-bead, made with clear 2.5mm crystals, lavender size 9 seed beads and size 11 matte purple iris cylindrical seed beads. Edge-view of a cubic-shaped beaded-bead, made with clear 2.5mm crystals, lavender size 9 seed beads and size 11 matte purple iris cylindrical seed beads.
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Grateful for today's abundant sunshine.
Another UFO is no longer.
60 rice crystals, 180 bicone crystals.
12x color distribution.
80 triangular faces.
.
.
#DesignsByOnye #GeometricArt
#BeadedBeads
Very large geometric Beaded-bead, embellished with Swarovski 4mm bicone crystals, size 16 charlottes (seed beads with a small facet), 5mm x 3mm rice crystals. This shot centers the cluster of dark blue crystals. Very large geometric Beaded-bead, embellished with Swarovski 4mm bicone crystals, size 16 charlottes (seed beads with a small facet), 5mm x 3mm rice crystals. This shot centers the cluster of iridescent light grey crystals. Very large geometric Beaded-bead, embellished with Swarovski 4mm bicone crystals, size 16 charlottes (seed beads with a small facet), 5mm x 3mm rice crystals. This shot centers the clusters of jonquil & emerald crystals. Very large geometric Beaded-bead, embellished with Swarovski 4mm bicone crystals, size 16 charlottes (seed beads with a small facet), 5mm x 3mm rice crystals. This shot centers the cluster of rich purple crystals.
February 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
#DesignsByOnye
#BeadedBeads
#SpatialExploration
"Gestation Within the Nebula"
A collaboration piece I did in 2007.
flic.kr/p/6d846t
Screenshot of my mobile Flickr, featuring a closeup of my Sculpture, called Gestation Within the Nebula. Text under photo: GWN Sculpture (Solar System detail) Sculpture title: Gestation within the Nebula - a reflection of the vast creation, which is the universe. We are born, grow and die, almost as the volatile stars. A collaboration of talents, mine and Mr. Brett Allen. Yours truly was responsible for the beaded stars and planets, Mr. Allen was responsible for everything else! Beaded planets: #3 bugle beads, silver-lined clear 15/0s, various glass, wood & stone beads. Screenshot of my mobile Flickr account, featuring a full-height capture of my Sculpture, called Gestation Within the Nebula.
December 20, 2024 at 3:52 AM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
Now that I've been notified of its acceptance into the fashion exhibition, I will share:
"Platonic Crown Jewels"👑💎

(Art description in 3rd photo.)
Very excited to walk this down a runway in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 at the Bridges Math Art Conference this July. 😎

#DesignsByOnye
#BridgesMathArt2025
African American woman wearing a dark silver headscarf, long silver tube earrings, glittery eye makeup & a beaded headdress made with wire & beaded-beads. "Platonic Crown Jewels" A head-dress featuring the 5 Platonic Solids, expressed as 9 beaded-beads, which were woven with vintage crystal beads, size 15 seed beads, 6lb monofilament. I combined the techniques of triangle weave, netting, spherical pentagon stitch, and CRAW (cubic right-angle weave). There are two beaded-beads representing each platonic solid, with the exception of the Icosahedron, which is the centered bead in the crown. The beaded-beads are anchored with sterling silver wire to a flattened-spiral steel wire band. The crown can be tied onto the head with the silver ribbon at the ends of the steel wire band. The Platonic solids were my first connection to three-dimensional geometry. I am continually enamored with using them as the primary building blocks for my artwork. This is my first time attempting to create any type of crown or head-dress using geometric beaded-beads as the focal point of expression. I am exhilarated with this result! Text screenshot: A head-dress featuring the 5 Platonic Solids, expressed as 9 beaded-beads, which were woven with vintage crystal beads, size 15 seed beads, 6lb monofilament. I combined the techniques of triangle weave, netting, spherical pentagon stitch, and CRAW (cubic right-angle weave). There are two beaded-beads representing each platonic solid, with the exception of the Icosahedron, which is the centered bead in the crown. The beaded-beads are anchored with sterling silver wire to a flattened-spiral steel wire band. The crown can be tied onto the head with the silver ribbon at the ends of the steel wire band. The Platonic solids were my first connection to three-dimensional geometry. I am continually enamored with using them as the primary building blocks for my artwork. This is my first time attempting to create any type of crown or head-dress using geometric beaded-beads as the focal point of expression. I am exhilarated with this result!
May 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
designsbyonye.bsky.social
(3)
A multiplicity of ideas & imaginings
Many shapes and lines and faces
And this is how I've traveled
To many unknown places
In my mind
By sitting still.
.
.
#DesignsByOnye
#GeometricArt
#BeadedBeads
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM