A nasty cold has put me out of commission for awhile, but at last I have something new to share. You may remember the labradorite pendant that I shared with you. This pendant necklace is the same design, but with garnets.
I keep thinking about red with Christmas right around the corner. I know it is hard for some of us to think about Christmas when we are still in our capris and tank tops, but trust me it comes faster every year. Perhaps it just seems that way with the whole denial of shopping thing that some of us have.
With this pendant I wire wrapped a very fine gage of sterling silver wire all around the hoop to give it texture for interest. Then I went around the hoop a second time wrapping tiny garnets. I then had this great garnet nuggets that I have had on my table for a year. I go back and forth with what to do with them. It just seemed perfect to have one in the center as the star attraction.
I hung the pendant on a short cable chain so the necklace sits high on your chest just at the base of your neck and ba da boom, you have something festive for Christmas to wear with a fancy outfit or with a turtleneck with your every day outfits.
3 comments:
I saw your labradorite pendant featured on Shore Debris' blog today. Beautiful work! I've been attempting to learn wire wrapping but haven't tried something this skilled yet.
I also see you're in WA - I live in Seattle myself. Are you a part of EtsyRain?
Thanks for checking me out. I used to be a member of that team, but it is so very big and everything seems to happen in Seattle (I am in south Puyallup) so I left about a year a go.
Get some cheap wire like copper (also popular) and practice. I have taken a lot of classes at the Bead Factory in Tacoma, but this technique I just sort of played with. Just go for it!
That's really pretty!
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