If you have been following my blog you will know that I moved to Jersey City less than a year ago. I have no family here and at that time knew nobody within many hundreds of miles. When I needed to be picked up at the doctor's office last week following a test I asked a new friend. I did the usual, said thanks and wrote a thank you card. I also made her a necklace.
The original plan was to create a necklace using black and white beads with wire-wrapped connectors. I grabbed a focal from my stash- a nice piece of onyx, some agate, a vintage white crystal, some Czech fire polished crystals, one resin and shell bead, and got to work. The original plan looked like this:
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| Original Plan |
Now this is a very fine necklace with great components. I used spacers to embellish the ends of the beads and silver filled wire.
However, I am a bead weaver, and being inspired I grabbed another piece of onyx, bezzeled it and then embellished the bezel with more seed beads and some 3mm fire polished crystals.
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| Embellished bezel on onyx |
Here is another view:
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| From the top |
I had to cut out the onyx that I had at the center of the original necklace, which left the strands:
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| Strands |
Here is the finished necklace. Now, if anyone can offer some tips on capturing the length of a necklace and capturing detail I would appreciate it.
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| Finished necklace |
One more closeup. I received Cindy Wimmer's The Missing Link book for my birthday so I have been playing around with wire. Rather than add a clasp that I purchased, I made a clasp. The clasp is not part of Cindy's book, but without the book I would have just gone with a purchased clasp.
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| Hand made clasp |
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It is good to have friends. It is good to be able to create.
If I don't post again before the holiday, you have a safe and happy holiday.
