Metalwork and Lampwork necklaces are statement pieces, they are attention grabbers and conversation starters.
What better way to showcase your lampwork glass beads that in a fantastic piece of jewelry.
You probably have a set of “orphan” beads that are all beautiful and you don’t know what to do with them, here is your chance to use them all!
Make a long chain necklace, it can be worn long or short into a double strand.
Chose from the two different designs available and make a wonderful one-of-a-kind necklace.
If you like chokers checkout the "simple forged neck wire for large focal bead” tutorial, it also has two ways of turning your bead into a awesome necklace.
All the tutorial are in PDF format available to be instantly dowloaded with plenty of tips an step-by-step photos and instructions.
Large lampwork beads are time-consuming to make, but they offer the
maker a larger surface area to play with color combinations, frits, and
other decorations.
The best way to display these large beads is often something simple
that draws the eye to the focal point of the necklace: your beautiful
complex bead.
Forging large gauge wire is an easy way to make a sturdy choker to
display your one-of-a-kind focal bead.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 9 pages, 19 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.
Turquoise and blue is one of my favorite color combos.
Since I have lots of beads in this color palette, they were perfect for a
long chain. I got to use 37 of my beads.
A large amount of silver went into the making of the links. Feel free to
use copper instead of silver for the larger ovals and bead links.
This necklace is 104 cm long (43”) and can easily be worn double with
the use of an “S” clasp.
The mix of different shaped beads draws the eye to go all the way
around the necklace.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 9 pages, 25 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.
I had a collection of earth-tone “one-of-a-kind” beads, better known
as the ”orphans”.
Each of the beads has some interesting detail that I loved and could
not bear to part with.
I always had the idea of using all of the beads together in a long chain
necklace.
As the beads were big, the chain links had to be big too.
The organic shapes of the forged and stamped thicker gauge oval links, in
sterling silver, went well with the large beads.
The twisted copper wire jump rings added color and textural interest
to the metal components of the chain.
The tutorial is an instant downloading PDF file, it has 6 pages, 18 photos, a life size template of all the components and plenty of tips! For beginner skill students.
