Ongoing Projects
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Here are a few photos of two projects I'm currently working on.
I love these jet black picasso seed beads! I'm working on a beaded vessel pendant in them. They have brass filigree caps for the ends, beaded tassels, and a peyote stitch strap. The vessel is based on the Dustin Wedekind's Square Stitch Tubes from November 2007 Beadwork magazine.
It looks a little naked at the point where the vessel dangles from the peyote strap. I left the cord unembellished so that the vessel can open. I will probably add
some dangly fringe from the main strap to fill that empty space with.I'm
contemplating putting together a kit for this project but I'm not sure that I'm up to all of the illustration necessary! 
The second piece is a lariat style necklace inspired by the fantabulous blue mix of beads and perals I put together for my store a few months ago. I posted some photos of the beads I planned to use back in November but the design has morphed substantially since that post. It was originally going to be a regular pendant with a large focal bead but I decided that a lariat style necklace would be more interesting and versatile.I love the brass filigree circle that works as the 'clasp' for the lariat. the beads slide through nicely and it is heavy and substantial. I will have to order some more of these but they are quite expensive and I have to get them by the gross so they will have to wait a few months.
The cord is my hand dyed rolled cord in Helmsman colorway. I twisted the cord and sewed the ends together with silk thread (the same thread I am using to add the encrustation embellishments). The end of the cord is held together with the small oval filigree bead/wraps. They open up and cose again to enclose the end of the cord, efectively covering the stitching to sew the ends of the cord together.
Check back in in a few months - maybe I'll have these finished by then!
2 comments:
These are beautiful! My fave is the vessel pendant! I love to bead, but I am NOWHERE near your league. You have some fantastic style with these.
:) Thanks. After 11 years with a bead addiction, you start to develop the side effect of skill.
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