Category: Necklaces

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 3

    This third group of beaders from Bead-around-the world all wanted smaller beads. These are the my beads for Angela, Anke, and Inge. Angela’s bead is blue, and a combination of herringbone and peyote. Inge’s is orange, and right angle weave and netting. Anke’s is matte black and crystal, and right angle weave and peyote. All…

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 2

    Here’s the second group of beaded beads for the Bead-around-the-world beaded bead exchange: These are for Angelica (the bottom black one), and Ulli (the green one, which is a significantly darker and more olive green than the photo, but I had to lighten it to see anything of the detail of the black beads). All…

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 1

    Bead-around-the-world is a group in which I participated, where most of the participants are in Germany. Each person makes a starter beaded bead, and the rest of the beaders makes a bead to compliment that bead. We send our beads to our host, Angelica, and she puts the sets together and sends them to their…

  • Art Deco fan pendant

    This is a shape idea I had, and when executed, I found looks reminiscent of Art Deco style. I can easily picture a string of them made as a bracelet. I like the negative space between the green rounds in the way that I combined the fan elements. Also, perhaps a bit surprisingly, this pendant…

  • Bumpy bead

    So, is this a bumpy bead like a lot of lampwork you see? Sort of warring states-ish? Whichever, it’s a lot of fun! It’s a combination of right angle weave and square stitch. It may be made in a similar way as Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Ootheca pieces; I don’t know, I haven’t seen her instructions. The…