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This necklace was made especially for a wonderful, kind and charming woman – Claudia; the smooth and soft lines and folds of this necklace were called to underline Claudia’s gentle beauty and the colour of it goes so well with her skin and hair. In my strong opinion, every piece of jewelry which any woman wears must be in a harmony with her inner beauty and outward appearance. It must underline all the best things in a person and shouldn’t be just a thing, catching anybody’s eye by itself, covering it’s owner.
Materials, used in this necklace: Japanese glass beads sizes 10 and 11, Swarovski glass pearls, Czech glass drop beads, Crystal beads, “cat’s eye” glass beads, sterling silver clasp.
Do you know how to listen to the ocean? It lives its own, special, life. The deep water pose so surprising, but – alas! – We look unreachable. But the ocean is able to talk and loves those who know how to listen. Listen as the waves foam roll over pebbles, one year to the smoothing of irregularities, making them humble servants of the water element, listen to the inhabitants of the underwater kingdom and to imagine unimaginable variety of fish, shellfish, corals, jellyfish and other, other – all these sea creatures each of whom do not even suspect that you are trying to let the ocean to hear their stories, hear the whisper of the waves in the echoes of distant worlds, discoveries, victories and defeats, and the collapse of hopes … And coming home after a long retreat, to bring to your ear to the selected bank of shell and, referring to the abandoned thoughts of nature, listen to the ocean, buschuyuschy inside you …
Materials used in coulombs: kaplevidnye Czech glass beads, beads Shvarovski, glass cabochon, Japanese beads number 11, 15, an antique Italian mikrobiser № 18,20, as well as mikrorubka; leather, waxed thread silamid, leather cord.
I love flowers. There are lots of them in my house. Some of them are exquisite, graceful and elegant, like orchids or irises, some of them are amusing, bright and joyful, bringing a smile to my face every time I look at them.
The idea of this set sprang up in my mind when I was looking through the old issues of ”Beadwork” magazine. my eye stopped at one of the brooches of Nome May, created in the shape of a flower (“Beadwork”, April/May 2002, p.14)
In this set I wanted to show the joy which suns warmth brings to nature and to our lives every year. With the vivid colors, combined in these pansies – bright yellows, reds and greens, this captures the spirit of summer; and in spite of classic noble materials, which I used in this necklace (pearls and coral), the feeling and whole impression of this set is quite opposite from the classic elegance – YES! SUMMER FUN!
Materials, used in the set: Japanese seed beads # 15,11; antique Italian microbeads # 18,20; pearls and coral; leather and Sylamid waxed thread; gold-filled clasp.
I used different shaped pearls to form geometric shapes with coral and “Cat’s Eye” accents. A magnificent design for any “Black Tie” night! Unique luxurious asymmetric necklace whose geometrical figures attract an eye with delicate shine of real ocean pearls. Accented with coral and “Cat’s Eye” stone beads as well as pieces of rock crystal add the feeling of purity and freshnessto this masterpiece. The nobleness of the necklace shows up in every detail, from beautiful big pearls 0.7 cm in diameter to Japanese micro beads and silver clasp.
When I first took this stone in my hands, I was fascinated with its warmth and the surprisingly pleasant feeling of something good and kind. This stone definitely had his own originality and required a very special touch, it didn’t want to be in a necklace for just, “every day use.”
My original intention was to make this a simple display of the beautiful lines in the stone, but as I continued in the design, the stones “queenly nature,” appeared. Thin lilac veins on the light-yellow-greeninsh body wanted to be accented by lilac colour beads and with a wide palette of green color tones and shades.
The stone demanded luxury and charm, beginning with the antique italian microbeads (sizes 18-20) and ending with the Swarovski bicones and crystal beads. The main elements are embroidered on high quality leather, so the cabochon is resting on a “pillow” of two-layered leather.
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