Thursday, July 30, 2009

Torrid Topaz




This piece is a necklace and bracelet set. For the necklace I used beading wire. I strung 10 seed beads from a "brown topaz" mixture, then two larger glass beads, one gold one brown, next a 6 mm wooden bead, then a lampwork bead from another mixture of browns and golds, followed by another wooden bead, two glass beads, and 10 seed beads. I continued this pattern until the desired length. I then strung a short length piece using the same pattern and the long one. I took both ends of each piece, the short and the long, and connected them together with a 2 mm crimp bead and a 3 mm crimp cover. I finished it off with jump rings, and a lobster clasp. For the bracelet I did the same pattern as the necklace except with 20 seed beads, and no lampwork beads. It is long in length and meant to be wrapped around the wrist 3 times.


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