Well, it’s just one bead. I have these pre-cut flower disks that I just had to punch a hole in the middle. I only got one done as a test. The rest are the usual.
Copper Tube Beads
Having some left over tubing from coring the bottle caps, I decided to use them to make some tube beads.
I wrapped the tubing with hammered copper wire. I wanted the balls on the ends to be silver colored and in the process got solder all over the place. It doesn’t show up as much in person. I have another idea of how to do it and maybe it will be a little cleaner. My soldering skills don’t help.
More Bottle Cap Beads
I got these done. I’m working on them in an assembly line fashion so I have a bunch of the bottle caps domed and ready to be riveted together. Just have to get more copper pieces made.
Still not sure what I’m going to do with them.
Bottle Cap Beads
Yes!! Finally something new!! These are the first two bottle cap beads I made. I don’t have a very good selection of bottle caps yet so I used what I had which was some craft bottle caps and a virgin olive oil cap.
This is one side of them.
Another view. They don’t look as scratched up or dented in person. It’s hard to see the tiny blemishes.
And of course, more push pins!!
Something Brand New!!
I needed a shawl pin for the shrug I previous knitted so I made this one yesterday. My friend gave me the etched copper and I cut out a simple shape. It didn’t look good. It was too flat and had no dimension. Another friend suggested making it wavy by putting wire under the piece, then pressing it in a pneumatic press. That did the trick!! I colored it some using just heat and sealed it with a polymer sealant. Of course, I can’t make anything without glass in it so I made the little heart topper.
I think it turned out pretty cool!!
More Bead Sticks
I made a bunch of copper bead sticks a while ago along with the beads and am just getting around to assembling them. Here’s a few more.
The one on the left is made with 8 gauge copper wire and the right one is made with 6 gauge copper wire.
Bead Stick Pendant
This is one of the same cored and capped beads that I showed in a previous post. I made it up into a bead stick pendant.
It’s mostly copper with copper ball chain and sterling silver bead caps. I might have to make a few more of these.
Stamping Bead Caps
The designs on the sterling silver bead caps are made with metal stamps. It’s hard to tell the design because I stamped over some of the designs I previously stamped. I used liver of sulfur to darken it a bit so the design shows up better. The back bead has hammer textured copper bead caps.
One More Viking Knit Brangle
This is the last one. At least for a while. This one is also made out of copper. I still have to darken the copper a bit, then tumble it so it’s nice and shiny.
Another Necklace
I had some leftover beads that I made and they all kind of matched up. I quickly threw this piece together. I made all the murrini used in it.
Mewkittie Creations 