Wood and Jade

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Necklace #1 is made of forest jade, hematite, lots of silver wire and these little wooden tube beads I have which have been carved to resemble bamboo and stained a rich, dark chocolate.









I played with all sorts of square weaving patterns before deciding to scrap the whole bead weaving idea and pull some wirework into it, and frankly I like how the wire turned out much more than all my other attempts. The final necklace lays much better and feels far stronger than any woven pattern I've tried thusfar. The choker is strung on tigertail wire and closes with a hook and chain, thus making it adjustable.

So that was the creation of one rather pretty (or so I tell myself) choker! But alas: I still had a ton of those wooden beads. What to do?



Make a sister necklace, perhaps. This one features New "Jade", the wooden beads, hematite, silver wire, and some chain.





I've still got a ton of those wooden beads.