Just finished up ten necklaces today. Yay!!
Etched copper, then punched out and riveted together. There’s crimp beads between the front and back for a space for the snake chain to go through. I added the end caps and clasp to the snake chain. Made the little glass dangles too. Pieces were patina’ed and tumbled to work-harden the metal.
A couple more in some new colors.
The left one is more purple. The one on the right I was hoping the color would be more transparent so I could layer other colors underneath but it’s definitely an opaque white.
I made these bead a while ago, then realized I didn’t have the right color of anodized aluminum to make the bead caps. Ordered some, waited two weeks for it, never got it, had to call the company and they sent out a new package. This one is pinkish purple with pink microbeads filling the inside.
Two different views. It’s cored with sterling silver tubing and the glass is veiled cane so it has striations in it.
These are a few I finished last weekend.
Left is a painted bead with sterling silver bead caps and cored with sterling silver tubing. The right one has enamels, frit and a line of purple around the middle. The bead caps are brass, cored with sterling silver tubing.
I bought some corded nappa leather a while ago and never got around to using it. It’s a double wrap around bracelet with a magnetic clasp. I want to see how the beads move around, it they drop to the back of the bracelet or stay on top. It’s going to get worn next week to try it out.
I added some sterling silver beads in between the cored beads for more bling.
I’ve been playing with low melt solder and making impressions in it. I decided to try silicone molds as they can withstand the heat.
The one on the left, I melted the solder on a piece of copper and press the mold into it. This mold was made from a button so it’s kind of concave and hard to get a good impression. So I decided to try pouring molten solder into the mold. That’s the test piece on the right. Makes a way better impression this way. I do like the funky edges and I think with a flatter mold I’ll be able to get a good impression and still get the funky edges. More testing to come…..
I got this clear hollow made up into a necklace. It has red microbeads inside and the bead caps are anodized aluminum.
This next one turned out kind of large and I got a few bubbles in it. Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet. I thought the color would turn out more red but it’s definitely orange.
I know it’s green. I accidentally cut the bead caps in reverse. I meant to have the black on top and the green on the bottom so only a little rim of green would show. Since that didn’t happen, I filled the bead with green microbeads.
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