It’s taking me way more time than I thought it would to make these cab charms but they sure are cute. I’ve got a lot of cabs ready to be set, just have to pick up the pace on the metal part. Anyhoo, here’s the ones I got done this weekend.
Next time I plan to have some different designs. That is if everything works out…..
My plans were to make a multi-strand necklace to go with the focal piece I last posted. It ended up looking way too heavy so I opted to use just ceramic beads and some Mykonos copper beads.
The necklace part is detachable and it clasps onto the focal piece so it doesn’t need a clasp in the back. The focal piece can be changed out to another piece if I happen to make another and want to use the same necklace.
This is part one of this necklace. I got the silver work done for the focal piece. I still have to make the necklace part. The necklace will be out of ceramic beads.
The big bead in the middle was made by Julie of Outwest Beads. I only wish I could make a bead like hers. Since I can’t I had to buy it. The little green – yes, it’s green, is out of glass too. I tried every other color possible but nothing worked as well as the green one. Oh well, sometimes I just have to cave and use my least desirable color…..
This took me a while to finish as there are a lot of beads in this necklace. It’s going to be a raffle prize. Hope it earns a lot of money for the charity.
This has a real spring feel to it. Hope people like pink.
I finished these up yesterday. I think I’m getting the hang of making them.
These are really fun and playful. They can be hung off of a chain or whatever.
I got three more bracelets done.
This one is kind of a strange color combination. The yellow poopy color is red roof tile and it does get darker when it’s heated and cooled but I didn’t realize that until after I took the beads out of the kiln. I still made it into a bracelet because there might be someone that likes these colors.
Two purple bracelets. Who doesn’t like purple?
These are some experimental beads I made last night. I should have cleaned my beads better before taking a picture but I just got the holes cleaned and they were still wet.
Kind of pretty laying on their side, though I’m not sure how or what to do with them yet.
I’m still working on getting the steps down on making these. They may seem simple but setting a stone or glass cab is difficult when there is no bottom. The piece won’t stand up on the loop so I had to use some stuff call Jett Sett to make a holder so I could set the cab. Jett Sett is a plastic that can be warmed up and molded. It worked out great. Then there’s the bezel part. I want the bezel to be higher than the cab, meaning I have to make a “step” in the inside of the bezel for the cab to sit on. This part isn’t hard, just have to make it smaller than the outside bezel. Since it’s not a faceted stone, it doesn’t have to be a perfect fit. Just as long as the cab has something to sit on.
This one is tiny, less than 1/2 inch across.
This was something that I’ve wanted to try for a while and finally got around to it. It’s hard to set a small cab with a loop on the bottom. And one with a little flower on it made it even harder as I had to make sure the bezel didn’t get in the way. Here’s a crappy picture of the “test” I made.
I’d of liked the cab to sit inside the bezel a bit more but because of the flower that wasn’t possible. I’m going to try another one without a flower and see if I can get the results I want.
I made the beads and assembled these bracelets this past weekend.
I’ve got to come up with different color combinations. I’ve used the pink/green scheme before. The turquoise/slate one is a new scheme. I tend not to use turquoise glass since it can be finicky.
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.
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