These gorgeous little green glass rondelle beads have been languishing for several years in one of my boxes of stuff…I know, I know….I just didn’t know quite what to do with ’em. This weekend a tiny 2″ piece of brass provided that final link, and this is where they ended up. They whirl, and twirl and are just so fun. It’s taking every ounce of restraint not to keep them-I am terrible at letting my work go, but am working on that. Really hard….honest.
Long story on these guys-got my hands on an acetylene torch last year-burns stinkin’ hot. It melts metal-even brass. So I did a huge lot of “reticulation” (fancy word for melted metal)..and then had no idea what to do with the stuff. Looked “interesting” but that’s as far as my brain went. This week I figured out I could re-shape and play, not just work with the original challenging shapes. These irregular teardrop shapes look like cocoons-not at all intended, but sometimes things just turn out the way they want to…I took sterling silver wire and did some wraps and twists, added sterling ear wires-and we’re done! Oh-also added some of my most favourite beads-Swarovski Golden Bronze briolettes. (Another fancy name for squashed cushion beads)….
And just a few more, until now, forgotten gems…These little beauties are moss agates, can you see how the sunlight comes through? This is one of my all time favourite stones to work with- am I repeating myself??? But they really are, still have the first stone I cut nearly 40 years ago- yup, moss agate. These guys are paired with layers of Keishi fresh water pearls-love, love, love these little lumpy disks of lusciousness. And of course I had to top them all off with another Swarovski crystal-can never have enough sparkle..or bling..
These will be posted for sale in my Etsy Store but if interested, PM me for pricing any time.
Thanks for hanging in there to get this far in this wordy post–come back again soon!
Cheers!
Carol