Kitchen and backyard made of ... beads!

Do you think you know what patience is? Think again. American Lisa Lu has the clearest idea of what hard work and real patience are. She spent 5 years (1991-1996) on her first art project called "Kitchen". This is a life-size replica of a kitchen, but not an ordinary kitchen - it is completely covered with millions of beads. Lisa glued each bead separately using tiny tongs. In this way, she created an amazing mosaic surface on everything in the room - from walls to newspapers and packets of chips.

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1. In 1999, Lisa Lu decided to start a new project called Backyard, for which she used over 30 million beads!

2. Most of them went to create 250,000 blades of grass around the picnic table.

3. In 2013, Lisa unveiled her latest project, Colored Field, which will be at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art until November 3rd.

4. "Colored Fields" is a tribute to the meadows and fields of South Africa, where Lisa now works.

5. The artist says that she was inspired to create projects by traditional African beading, which is still very popular in local culture.

6. She collaborated with local craftsmen who introduced her to the secrets of beading that have been passed down from generation to generation.

7. You can see the results of her work in these amazing photos.

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