I just finished this pendant. It was all experimental and I learned that I need to finish the back plate before soldering on other parts. It is way too hard to sand the back plate after everything is soldered on since the pearl hangs off the sides of the rectangle wires.
I do like the design so I’ll probably make another one that is similar to this one.
I made these beads a while ago and finally got around to stringing them up. I wanted to make it longer but I ran out of sterling silver beads so it ended up being about 16 1/2 inches.
I finally got around to threading some components onto a chain. Because I like pink, I used the pink components on this one.
I made this necklace to go with a black velour top that I cut wedges into and added some pink, black and gray sweater fabric. I previously made a felt and velvet pin and wanted another option for an embellishment. I won’t be wearing the pin and necklace together, that would be too much. Plus, I didn’t have a pink necklace so what better time to make one.
This is about 20 inches long. The sparkle from the dichroic beads look really nice on the black top.
I end up with a bunch of short ends of rods of different colors and after a while they start taking over my table. I decided to make some beads out of them. Here’s the results.
I did use a bunch of clear to encase the beads but the rest was what was on my work table.
Well, kind of. I’ve been making those goth girl beads and decided to try it in a pendant. Here’s the results:
It still need to be string on a chain or something so it can be worn. I haven’t figured out what I want to string it on yet. Probably something simple, like a black leather necklace so it doesn’t take away from the pendant part.
I’ve been working on this set of beads like forever it seems. I thought I had enough made but didn’t, made more, still didn’t have enough and finally, I got around to make more so I could finish this necklace.
It’s longer than the ones I usually make for myself. It’s 23″ long and has sterling silver clasps and findings.
This is the last one I plan to make for a while. I need to move on to other things.
Yeah, I’m not that great at drawing. My drawings are very cartoony. I wish I could do something more life like. I used another ceramic shard found on the shores of Lake Erie. I didn’t want to use green but I guess there aren’t too many turquoise colored plates in Lake Erie.
It seems like I’ve been working on this necklace forever. I was making the square chips and ran out of glass. It’s hard to tell from the crappy picture that I’m using filagrana rods of glass. It’s colored glass encased in clear. I used four different shades of blue in this necklace. The little beads between the chips are clear.
It’s more striking in person and quite chunky.
I wrote up the instructions on how I use colored pencils on metal so I thought I’d do some instructions on how to set the piece. 
How it looks from the front.
Here it is from the side.
