My partner, Dolores Raml, is a very talented bead artist. She works with a lot of metal, straight from the hardware store, which her husband joyfully hammers and textures and torches for her. I love her pieces.
But I was a a bit apprehensive; those are areas I have yet to explore.
Mostly because my husband is afraid I would burn the house down.
He is probably right.
Dolores was kind. She sent me beads that were challenging...
but ones that did not require a welding torch or hammer.
And in colors I love!
She also sent me some little goodies she made.
Aren't they cool?
I am predominantly a wire-wrapper and, in these Bead Soup challenges,
I have been determined to try new things.
In a recent challenge, sponsored by the lovely Lisa Lodge
I tried crocheting beads with wire and, after a lot
of tangled wire and dropped beads, I found that I liked it.
I used a 28GA wire, and a G hook.
You can take a peek at what I made here.
This time I thought I would experiment with different gauges
of wire, and different sizes of hooks. I tried 30GA, 28 GA, 24 GA, 22 GA.
I tried a variety of hooks.
Guess what I ended u using?
Yep.
28 GA wire and an G hook.
To shake things up a bit, I went for symmetry.
Symmetry is not my best friend.
I never met an Asymmetrical Challenge I didn't like.
I'm a bad counter.
1, 2... oh look! Shiny things!
So I laid out and counted and spaced.
I stayed focused.
George doubted I could pull it off.
But I did.
Another challenge was the focal. While I wire-wrap,
I have never done a briolette where I wrapped down
I have never done a briolette where I wrapped down
the gemstone. So I tried some tutorials online.
George stuck around to help.
Got it on my third try.
I also rely heavily on split rings. Not this time.
I wire wrapped the clasp right onto the necklace.
And a necklace was born.
Ta-dah!!
I was happy with how it turned out. Next time I do wire crochet, I think I'll
use a bigger hook for bigger beads,
and a smaller hook for smaller beads.
and a smaller hook for smaller beads.
It also sparkles when the sunlight catches it,
but I wasn't able to capture that in the photos.
This is my necklace, reclining.
Maybe next time I'll try that flamethrower.
Here is What I sent my partner. You can go to her blog to see what she made!
And here's the hop.
Alicia Marinache
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Amber Dawn Goldish
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Barb Solem
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Bev Breisinger
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Birgitta Lejonklou
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Breana Fry
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Brenda Sue Lansdowne
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Bridget Torres
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Carol Dee Myers
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Carolyn Chenault
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Cassi Paslick
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Cheryl McCloud
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Cindy Wilson
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Denise McCabe
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Diana Frey
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Diana Welte
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Dini Bruinsma
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DiYana Alcalde
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Dolores Raml
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