Series 2-Pendants

This is the first of a set of simple pendants that involve no soldering. This particular setting is a curled-over bail that lets you exchange the pendant piece. You can mount a variety of beads on these heavy gauge head pins to use with the same bail. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 5 pages, 13 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.

Another very simple, easy no-solder pendant. This is a project for those not so big beads that came out amazing and you want to use as focal elements. The fan shape gives the pendant an oriental feel. It can be used on a long chain as seen in the photo, or it can be worn on a neck wire closer to the face. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 5 pages, 15 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.

This is the third no-solder pendant project. In this project I experimented with the same pendant shape but used two different textures. I played with the use of liver of sulfur and changed the color of the lampwork bead. These changes gave each pendant a different feel; each one is a one-of- a-kind piece. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 16 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.

Beautiful setting for a pillow bead. It can be strung on a chain as described in the project. With the addition of a couple of jump rings it can be worn on a neck wire. In this project we will use another “cold connection” to attach the pillow bead to the metal base. This connecting element is called a “tab”. This type of setting can work for other bead shapes as well. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 17 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.

Having jewelry that lets you change the focal part of the piece according to your mood or wardrobe is a very good thing. When you are a bead maker, you have many options to choose from, and you can create more as inspiration strikes you. Need something purple and blue to go with that dress? Make a new bead and put it on the pendant. You’ll have the perfect complement for your dress! This pendant can be made as a stand-alone piece. It can be worn on a simple neck wire, a Viking knit chain or a rubber/leather necklace. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 21 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For intermediate to advanced skill students.

Most of the time cylindrical beads incorporated into a pendant, are set to hang vertically from a bail. I thought it would be fun to do a horizontal setting for a change. The bead is set at the bottom of the pendant and is free to move so you can enjoy every side. The texture on the pendant is the result of a handmade steel stamp, using the design in closely placed rows. This project includes a bonus mini-tutorial on how to make your own hand-cut stamps. The pendant can be worn on a plain neck cable, a silk ribbon, or a chain. But it looks especially well threaded onto a beaded Kumihimo cord made with matching glass beads. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 11 pages, 23 photos, a life size template of all the components, plenty of tips and a Bonus Mini-Tutorial ! For beginner skill students.

A texture-rich frame setting to complement a large lentil bead; easy and fast to make. This is a very versatile setting. Change the metal, the texture, or the edge, and you have a different, unique setting for another bead. For this project we will again use a “cold connection”: the tab This type of setting can be modified to work for other bead shapes as well. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 15 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner to intermediate skill students.

A simple but eye-catching pendant. This is a beginner’s project that involves annealing the metal to make it easy to texture and the use of another “cold connection”, the screw & nut. Transferring a texture pattern onto sheet metal can be done in many different ways, by hand or with the use of a rolling mill. For our project we will use the low-tech approach of transferring the texture by hand. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 7 pages, 17 photos, a life size template of all the components, plenty of tips. For beginner skill students.

Fusing for lamination inlay is an advanced metal working technique that requires good torch control. This pendant has one metal fused lamination inlay piece and a rolled milled textured one. For the fused piece, the substrate is sterling silver and the smaller colored pieces are copper and brass. The roll milled piece is sterling silver. For the focal piece, I chose a tab-set lampwork glass cabochon. The pendant was totally assembled with rivets. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 11 pages, 30 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips ! For intermediate-advanced skill students.

Here we have another simple, easy and elegant pendant setting. It works specially well for long beads, but it can also be used for a set of 2-3 medium sized beads. If you want to customize the setting, you can change the shape of the fan for another one. It can be a triangle, a square or an oval. The texture on the metal can also be changed to make each pendant unique. The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 13 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.