Saturday, May 7, 2011

Hallelujah ... Another Project Completed !

Not long ago I lamented that I had purchased some foil glass pendants which did not meet my standard of perfection and was trying to figure out what could be done with them. 

I received a number of good suggestions one of which came from  Moonlitfantaseas   who recommended that I make a seed beaded bezel  to go around it and conceal the flaw.  So I beaded a bezel AND a bail for the pendant (yes I could have just used the hole that was a part of the glass pendant but I tend to make more work for myself than is necessary. LOL).  All this was done with tiny little 11/0 Delica beads and minuet 15/0's ( I was cross-eyed for 2 days afterwards).
Since I can't seem to leave well enough alone I then embellished the bezel with firepolished Czech glass beads and an assortment of lovely freshwater pearls.  

The swirls of copper and silver foils embedded within the glass pendant reminded me of   galaxies or a cosmic nebula so I named it "Pearl Nebula".  If you think of a better title please feel free to leave it in a comment and I will certainly consider changing the name.

Next I beaded a rope necklace using crystal seed beads with a copper lining to match the tiny beads that were used to construct the bezel with.


The Herringbone beading pattern consists of over 550 size 8/0 seed beads in copper lined crystal and Straw Gold with an aurora borealis finish.   Naturally I didn't have any end caps or cones that would fit this rope and when I tried making my own seed beaded end caps it made the rope so thick at the end that it would not fit through the beaded bail of the pendant.  OH BOTHER !  Fortunately I found these pretty antique brass flower end caps at Ornementea, they fit perfectly and look so feminine.

The end flower end caps are topped with solid copper beads that match the copper in the seed beads nicely, to this I've added my handcrafted extender chain constructed with Swarovski adorned wire links and 10 mm jumprings.  At the ends I've added my own handmade hook and eye clasp.
I think it came together well.  In this photo I had to pull most of the rope necklace back in order for the pendant to rest on the flocked display bust.

18 comments:

  1. Wow!!! that turned out really beautiful! I'm glad my suggestion worked out so well for you!

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  2. Turned out fabulous!!! WOW! I love the soft colors...it's very "sandy" looking, almost beachy but in an upscale way. I can't imagine why you went cross eyed...yikes!! Tiny, tiny beads!!!

    Very lovely...hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  3. So beautiful! I am so impressed with the amount of detail in your work. The beading is so pretty! I will be following along to see your beautiful work.

    Laurie

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  4. Firepolished Czech glass beads with fresh water pearls...wow. Now that's what I call a pendant. What a spectacular piece. I didn't think it could get any better until I got to the herringbone necklace to hold it. It blew me away, fabulous job!

    Haupi

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  5. Stunning. I know your eyes and fingers will be wanting a rest after than detailed work. Love the bead caps, too.

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  6. Gorgeous!!! You did an amazing job! Love that necklace - amazing fix!

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  7. You have so much talent, that is gorgeous!

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  8. Wow, this is a very elegant collar and the colors of the beads are well choosed!
    With best wishes and greetings from Austria:
    Uli

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  9. The pendant fix by itself is gorgeous but add the beaded necklace and you've taken it up several notches! Just stunning! I don't make jewelry, but I can so appreciate the work and time you put into making this piece. It's very inspiring!

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  10. That's fantastic! And so much more creative than I could ever imagine having read the recommendation.
    PS - loved you Royal Wedding comment..."binge drinking when they drew up their designs"...some of those hats should have been locked up before allowing to escape into the daylight.
    Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.

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  11. That is such a pretty piece! Hope you had a great Mother's Day!

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  12. WOW! Anna, you turned that into a beauty :)

    Hope you had a Lovely Mother's day, cheers, T. :)

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  13. There is usually a solution to every problem but yours is a gorgeous solution to boot!

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  14. That must have been a crazy amount of work--totally gorgeous in the end though!

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  15. OMG what an awesome necklace I love the bezel, rope and caps. I am sure this is such an awesome piece to wear! Outstanding!

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  16. oh pretty! that must have taken quite awhile! ;)

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  17. beautiful...beautiful work...I followed you here from the beadinggem journal and your work indeed is precious

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