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This year for one of my friends I decided to make an ornament – well it was almost going to be a pendant but I knew that she really likes having a decorated tree… so I added the ribbon. I used carved bone beads, glass beads, color wire, and bright green ribbon. I like how this turned [...] These earrings are another set that were made as a series for a commission to go with a pendant that had already been purchased the prior year. I made 4 sets of earrings for this commision to give my customer a choice. A slightly larger version of this set was chosen. These earrings were made as a series for a commission to go with a pendant that had already been purchased the prior year. I made 4 sets of earrings for this commision to give my customer a choice. A slightly smaller version of this set was chosen. I’ve named this one “a river runs through it” – It’s two kinds of dichroic glass with glass bead accents and sterling silver wire. I included both pictures here so that I could show off the difference when this pendant is worn against dark or light color clothes. Springs recovered from older office equipment , add delicate glass beads and they go together well. Necklace and earring set made with pink and teal glass bead dangles fixed onto a sterling silver necklace. Some of these beads are cut glass and others are lamp worked. The customer who bought this one ended up commissioning a pair of drop earrings to complement it. The irridized glass frit helps to set this one off – giving it a nice shimmer in shifting light. I had a random assortment of blue glass beads and wanted to show them off. So I started working with some silver wire and coiling them to best feature the beads in question. Here I mixed a square bead as a focal with an oval round as a dangle. Earlier I wrote – KT commissioned me to re-design a necklace she had. The re-designed necklace set is pictured here: Here are the earrings and bracelet: Here’s what I did after I took the necklace apart and re-arranged the [...] The other day I received a commission from KT to “please, please can you DO something with this necklace?” There were a couple of specific needs that needed to be met. 1) I really don’t like that big green glass bead… it throws the necklace off and it’s heavy. |
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