Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Silver and amber

Hõbe ja merevaik. Alustasin sõrmuse tegemist ja lõpetasin hoopis ripatsiga. See väike ehteke sisaldab endas ohtralt tillukesi hõbehelmeid ning kesksel kohal on tumepruun merevaigu helmes. Hõbehelmeid punusin peenikese nailonkattega terastrossisga, kuna kartsin, et metallhelmed lõikavad tavalise helmeniidi läbi. Tundub, et metallhelmestega töötamine on hoopis teine iva kui klaashelmestega...




I started to make a ring but ended up with a pendant. This little piece of jewlelry is made of many tiny silver beads that are beaded around an amber bead. I used thin tigertail because I thought that edges of metal beads might cut the thread. Seems that beading metal beads is quite different from working with glass beads...

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