beading: the Red and the Black Extravaganza

[jesse_the_k]

Another couple days, some more beaded jewelry. I am so lucky to be able to do this! I can't panic when I'm attempting to thread a teeny bead and keeping count on my patterns. This post has a red and black theme, and I've never read Stendhal.

I had so much fun making this red & black Fiddle Joy necklace. The pendant is a blackstone ring holding one matte black rondelle between matte red seed beads. Its chain is sturdy matte red white heart beads framed by matte Czech cones, alternate with black rings holding red seed beads. There’s a lot for nervous fingers to interact with!

Fiddle Joy sideways

Fiddle Joy head on

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Shiny black glass tab pendant on red crystal chain separated with silvery glass beads.

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This long strand can be a necklace or (tripled) a bracelet. Like all my jewelry, it closes with a finger-friendly button toggle. For this one, it’s a faceted black glass Czech button in ring of silvery seed beads

Czech wedding cake beads (large black rice with stepped white edges) alternate with opaque red crystals.

As necklace

Same strand shown as bracelet

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Exquisite!

[jesse_the_k]

OOOOOOOOO! Shiny.

I have a huge soft spot for blue-and-white pottery (imprinted on Royal Copenhagen china). Did you make the beads? The whole piece holds together beautifully.

Re: Exquisite!

[yourlibrarian]

I did not, although last year a friend of mine who is an artist painted some kukui nut beads for me, and I made some necklaces with those. Some beads I've worked with have been handmade, but I haven't made any myself.

And thanks! I have a made a few blue and white ceramic bead necklaces, though a quick scan through my photo folders didn't turn any up. It would be really nice to have a visual ID program that could find things such as sorting photos by color content!