Candy Jacks

Lori Peterson, a wonderful bead maker did a tutorial on these beads. I just had to try them. Mine aren’t as colorful and playful as her beads as I don’t have or make my own murrini. I guess I could, it just takes time to make a bunch of them. Much easier to buy them and have a good selection.

In the same torching session, I made a bunch of other dangles and beads, just playing around. Here’s all the beads including the above beads all on one chain in no particular order.

I guess I need to buy more murrini.

Published in: on June 27, 2010 at 11:24 am  Comments Off on Candy Jacks  
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Beaded Necklace

Seed beaders are insane!! I’m telling ya, they have to be out of their minds. I bought this kit: Vineyard Jewel Necklace by Laura McCabe from http://www.beadseast.com to work on in the mountains. It took me four days to finish it while wearing my +5 magnifier glasses. These beads are teeny!! It was fun to make even though I won’t be making more. It takes some organization to keep all the beads separated and too many distractions at home to concentrate on a project like this.

Published in: on June 5, 2010 at 10:24 pm  Comments Off on Beaded Necklace  
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Sticking With It

Since I’ve been coring beads with copper bead caps and copper tubing, sticking with the bead stick theme, I’ve make these bead sticks.

I love working with copper. It’s affordable and adds color to my pieces.

Published in: on May 28, 2010 at 12:03 pm  Comments Off on Sticking With It  
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Silver Metal Clay Bead Stick

I made this a while ago and since I have nothing new to post this weekend, this was the best thing I came up with. The bead stick is made out of metal clay. The picture shows the front and back of the stick. The silver beads are made out of metal clay too. The purple beads are furnace glass from Mingo and Asho. These glass beads are awesome!! I made the black and white dot bead.

Published in: on May 23, 2010 at 8:36 pm  Comments Off on Silver Metal Clay Bead Stick  
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Seashell and Faux Beach Glass Necklace

I made this necklace to match the bracelet I got from Tracy Bell. She makes the most awesome jewelry.  Some of her jewelry features found objects like seashells and buttons and she combines  silver, copper, brass and glass in her pieces. Check her work out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/tracybell.

Published in: on May 16, 2010 at 10:15 am  Comments Off on Seashell and Faux Beach Glass Necklace  
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Kokeshi Doll Beads

I started making these last year. I’ll have to make more this year.

Published in: on May 12, 2010 at 9:28 pm  Comments Off on Kokeshi Doll Beads  
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Metal and Glass Pendant

I made this last summer when the weather was too hot for torching.

Two different views. The bottom bead is a big disk with a flower bead on top, then a round bead. They are set together with a screw. The metal is nickel silver. It’s finished with a leather cord for the necklace.

Published in: on May 11, 2010 at 8:27 pm  Comments Off on Metal and Glass Pendant  
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Dolomite and Metal Pendant

I made this last summer after I took Susan Lenart Kazmer’s Cold Connections class. It was a blast!! This one has two piece of metal that have tubing between them so it’s dimensional. I didn’t like the dolomite stone afterwards. It was too blah so I added the little charm on the top. The sheet metal is bronze and I believe the rest of it is brass. It’s all done with cold connections, nothing is soldered. I love making these free form pendants.

Published in: on May 9, 2010 at 9:34 am  Comments Off on Dolomite and Metal Pendant  
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More Cored Beads

I’m so glad it’s Friday!! Time for some torching this weekend!! I’m still having fun with my Jim Moore bead coring machine. It’s the greatest!! This is a simple necklace made out of brass.

Just right for spring!!

Published in: on May 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm  Comments Off on More Cored Beads  
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Riveting Pendant

I got a bead coring machine and have been playing around with it. After breaking a few beads, I caught on to how it all works. Makes coring beads so easy. Here’s a pendant I made just to see if I could rivet a bead onto a piece of metal. I think it worked out pretty good, don’t you think?

The metal back is bronze and all the rest is brass.

Published in: on May 5, 2010 at 9:21 pm  Comments Off on Riveting Pendant  
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