week 29 - More jewellery

I had my second day of jewellery making today - I am extremely pleased with the results and learned some good skills that will come in handy in the future.

This pile of rings turned into the bracelet chain at the bottom of the picture!
It is a 'chain mail' technique which is a bit fiddly, but once you get going it is very therapeutic.



We also used a similar technique to make 'clusters' these are beads strung on a wire and then connected together. I made a purple pendant that will go on a long cord (not pictured) and will be the perfect accessory for a lavendar linen dress that I have.



The next thing we made was a necklace strung on plastic wire (basically .5m fishing line) so I made this necklace with a mixture of beads and buttons. In this technique you use 'crimps' to hold things in place on the wire, it is really ingenious how it works. A few pearls and you would easily have something nice for a wedding!



Close up:


Here is the finished article!