Art Bead Scene February Challenge

As I browsed through Craftgossip.com, I saw a blog encouraging artists and designers to create an art bead using their month's challenge theme. I would really like to try this one out and really challenge my artistic abilities. Here is the theme:



The Conference of the Birds by Habiballah

Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din `Attar

 ca. 1600; Safavid Iran (Isfahan)

Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, gold on paper

10 x 4 1/2 in. (25.4 x 11.4 cm)

Fletcher Fund, 1963

Seeing this picture, I was inspired. I even have ideas churning into my head already. I will try to submit an entry for this and let's see what happens. Maybe I will do this in the coming weekend.