In an earlier post, I talked about using Pinterest boards to house images of jewelry that I go to for beadwork inspiration – you can check it out here (board) and here (blog).
Today I'm featuring a design that lent itself to being reinterpreted in Cubic Right Angle Weave. It is a SilverSilk Necklace designed by Hans Bennion, and can be found here.
But once I started beading, the design had its own ideas.
And, being a beader, I couldn’t leave it unembellished, so I added some cushion cut Swarovski crystals in the center squares. The color of the middle one is called White Opal Sky Blue and has been discontinued, to my regret. On the other hand, it can result in a little thrill when I come across some still for sale and reflexively hit the “Buy” button.
Love this piece. The "chain" looks like something that would lend its self to many different applications. Maybe you would share?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed creating the links for this necklace. It's one long rope of 41 units of CRAW (I just counted them) that I joined together in an S shape. Or a lazy figure 8.
ReplyDeleteThe necklaces are beautiful and look very complex to make.
ReplyDeleteIt's not as complex as you may imagine. Though you do need to get the spacing right when designing with lengths of CRAW. That can be a challenge.
DeleteWow, your design really went its own way and it is so intricate and different from the inspiration! To me, inspiration is the starting point and not a model to follow and that's what happened here :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, I was hoping that was what was showing here, and you are absolutely right: inspiration, not imitation, is my goal!
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