Sunday, May 24, 2009

Spring Glacier

Several months ago, my raku queen friend Lisa Peters sent me this drop-dead gorgeous cabochon, from her Glacier Series

 Glacier Series

She asked if I could do something memorable with this in time for the Bead & Button Show in June. Yikes. That deadline got here so much sooner than I thought it would or even could.

When I see a hexagon, my mind breaks it into triangle segments. It's rather sad this addiction of mine, but I had to feed it. And so I took rhodium and sterling silver plated delicas and added them to two different bead soups and made triangles, 18 of them to be precise. Two of the 18 I attached directly to the pendant assembly.




Then I added the remaining 16.


Spring Glacier - Beadwoven Necklace with Raku Cabochon Focal

And a double toggle closure.

Spring Glacier - Beadwoven Necklace with Raku Cabochon Focal

The results are something that really shines and twinkles in sunlight ;)

Spring Glacier - Beadwoven Necklace with Raku Cabochon Focal

I'm even pleased with its backside.

Spring Glacier - Beadwoven Necklace with Raku Cabochon Focal

I hope this is memorable.

5 comments:

  1. wow! that is amazing!!!! I LOVE it!!!!! Great colour, great design, just gorgeous!!!! and the back looks great! ;-)

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  2. That is beautiful!! You are an awesome designer.

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  3. I forgot to mention... I saw one of your bracelets at Beading Daily. I knew right away it was yours, from the circle design, before I even clicked on it.

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  4. Beautiful necklace. I love the simplicity of the chain you created, and the fact that it appears somewhat monochromatic. You highlighted the pendant beautifully. :-)

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  5. Massive beauty from two highly talented women. Loving the triangles cradling the hexagonal focal piece. Fantastic job!

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