Dulcey Heller

Category: Necklaces

  • A quick Q&A – with me!

    Here’s a brief Q&A that I did for one of my jobs, library assistant for the American Craft Council: Five Questions With Dulcey Heller. This is the necklace that I’m wearing, which I made over two years ago: I’ve found that I like wearing this necklace with the clasp (flower) off-center, but that doesn’t work…

  • Beading for a Cure necklace complete!

    Here’s a closeup of the center front: The necklace is about 21″ long, with a hidden hook-and-eye underneath the back cabochon. I have used at least one of every bead in the kit, and my bead addition was gold-plated charlottes. The cabs are foiled glass vintage Cherry brand, from occupied Japan. The cabs and surrounding…

  • Teal twisted right angle weave necklace – and fringe!

    The rope is my twisted right angle weave (instructions on Buy the Kit), a lovely flexible rope. This time around, I decided to string the completed hollow rope onto Soft Flex, and use that to attach the clasp. I wanted to make it easy to clasp, so that’s a magnetic clasp you see. The minor…

  • Beading for a Cure 2012, step 3

    I said I was going to make 6 total embroidered cabs. Then I decided I wanted the cabs to go all away around the neck, with a hidden clasp underneath another in the back, so I made 8. Not pictured is the modest centerpiece, nor the back cab which will hide the clasp. I still…

  • Beading for a Cure 2012, step 2

    I did end up using the components I had tested back in May, and made some more: I have three more of the embroidered pieces to make, the centerpiece to finish (it’s only slightly larger), and a couple more of the bowtie/fans. I’ll be connecting them with the small sapphire Swarovski bicones. Three more of…