YOJ10-06 Marquise Series: Pendant 9
Sterling silver
Constructed, cold-joined
L 4.5 cm x W 2.65 cm
Beaducation has made a bunch of its videos available for free, and last week, while I was pondering my next YOJ project, I watched the felted bead video to refresh my memory on how to do it. I’ve now made 3 1/2 dozen beads of inconsistent size and nearly rubbed off the skin on my palms… LOL
Felted bead-making is one of those processes that allows your mind to wander, and so I was thinking about the Marquise Series and where I could go next with it. In the video, Gail Crosman Moore talks about making a lozenge-shaped bead, and it occurred to me that I could combine those beads with marquise elements. So I spent the next couple of hours constructing various types of marquise elements I thought could work. Rather than string the elements from point to point, I wanted to turn them on their sides.
What I’ve ended up with initially is a step pendant. This design needs a bit of tweaking, because the wire looks very light weight. In its present form, this element will be overwhelmed if combined with felted lozenges.
I have an idea on how to deal with this issue, and that will be the next project. I’m glad to have broken through the creative block I had a couple of weeks ago though…
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