Necklace Sets

At last! Finally I discovered that I had actually edited the pictures but did not resize them suitable to the web. So I spent the whole day doing that, including some more cropping, and giving each a name. Quite time consuming - the initial file was 153MB!

The first set is a euro 4-1 weave

with Swarovski AB rondelles

and Dorado crystals, done in goldplated wire.

Next is a herringbone 

weave on beautiful 12mm pearls interspersed with Swarovski crystals, also done in goldplated wire.

European 4 in 1

Herringbone Weave

Below you see a byzantine

weave with mother of pearl coin beads and a carnelian as focal point.

The focal in the next set 

is V-shaped in two directions: head on view as well as from the side, filled with assorted Swarovski crystals and other beads. The wire used is copper 20g and the chain is a butterfly weave.

Last but not least is a variation on the byzantine weave for the focal and plain for the necklace. For this I used champagne craft 

wire with olivine Swarovski crystals.

Byzantine Weave

And when you think

that the layout in your 

post is what you are 

going to see on the

blog, you are wrong!

Trying to describe 

each item as it appears

seems to be futile,

because afterwards

all is in disarray!

How do others do it?

You see a picture

and the caption below

it,  again and again.

So, what am I doing 

wrong? I think I

need help!!! 

Byzantine Variant

Pendants

Here are two new styles of pendant, that is new for me!. The first one is a faceted glass cabochon on which I tried my first ever netted bezel. I think it turned out quite well. The wire used is 20g and 28g  copper and the cab is just 1.8 x 1.4cm.

The second was a bit of a challenge because of it's
asymmetry. The stone is a beautiful tigereye, different in pattern on each side. So I decided to keep the wrap very simple and made it a reversible pendant to show off the beauty of the stone all around. Now that I have done it once I am sure others will follow.

I also tried to upload some necklace sets as mentioned in an earlier post but it seems I have to re-edit them to a smaller size. ......so hopefully you will see them next time!

How to

After thinking about it for a while I have decided that once in a while I will post a "how to" to show different designs or techniques in wire which could help others in their way forward.

There is just one challenge I face: I can't very well execute a particular step and take a photo of it at the same time. Therefore I shall post a picture of each step and describe it.

If anyone has a better idea of how to accomplish my objective, please let me know! In a way these instructions will be mini tutorials, but as of now they will be free because I myself have learned so much via the internet and so many helpful groups without paying anything, therefore it is payback time.

Let me know what you think!

More Earrings

These are the remaining earrings which escaped posting last time. They are for casual fun and do not have necklaces to match, just single pairs. Next time I hope to show some necklace sets if I get some good pictures done.

Be Grateful

Today I learned all over again to be grateful for all that I have and take for granted! A new member signed up to the wire wrap group I belong to.  She is a great grandmother of the tender age of 73. She works her jewellery in copper and writes her posts in caps on her computer. WHY? She is legally blind!!!. For a person of this age and the handicap she has to deal with to do all this is utterly praiseworthy and all the rest of us should not gripe or moan about lesser problems!

Therefore I say, be grateful for what you have!

A glitch

Now that I decided to post some pictures of my present earring collection only 4 showed up, yet the album (picasa) contains 13!!! It took me about two whole hours just to accomplish this. I ask myself, where are the other ones and what happened to their descriptions? It just means that either I learn much much more about the intricate workings of the web or I go back to upload photos one by one. This seems to be the better option because I do not have to wait an eternity for them to show! And not only that, but after all my struggles and nothing happening on my monitor screen I finally discovered that the same post was published THREE times, most bizarre! Sure, I deleted the extras and only hope my trials and errors will not put off my readers. Thank you all for your patience.

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