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Fossilized Coral Cabochon
This has been a project in process for years. For no easily definable reason, I never finished this fossilized coral necklace. A number of years ago, I received an email or a print advertisement from my local lapidary, and I loved the coral cab that they had used in something. I asked for them to…
The Necklace
Another of the pieces in my show application – the final line in the short story, “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant.
Occasional beadwork project: fossil coral cab
Taken in the sunshine, which isn’t the best for showing the beads or for accurate color – but shows the cab well – is an occasional beading project sitting on my work table. It’s fossilized coral, and the large beads are carnelian. I don’t think I’m going to do much more around the cab, but…
Rhinestones and beads bracelet
Here’s the finished bracelet! I like it, and the clasp works well. Here’s a tip, though: the actual clasp should be as close as possible to the edge of the bracelet. Because I wasn’t thinking of this, I centered the snap on the Ultrasuede square. The clasp only gaps a tiny bit, but if I…
Rhinestones and beads clasp
I wanted to determine the clasp of the bracelet before I cut the rhinestone chain, so as to accurately calculate length. Here it is! I think this will work. Stylistically it works, and it should be fine functionally as well. The clasp will be anchored at four points on each side, from each line of…