reduction of the bead collection!

.....is the need of the hour!

 as you can plainly see - i loved to collect all turquoise and coral colors, it is a favorite combination. 

         

                                 

silver scrap also needs reduction, so I melted some in the charcoal, after cleaning and drilling they will be spacer beads.

 the new necklaces.....to be found here

 ......and this is what they look like after 10 years!
this is mine, worn very often. The patina makes it even more beautiful.

what´s new?

These are going to be really big dangle earrings. Enough space for complex allover patterns.

soon more thereof

at the candy shop #2

available here:

Vintage beauties

I´m sorting my treasures, some of the beads are very uneven, some just available in small amount, but these are beautiful!...uneven though, but charming.

let´s see, what they will turn into some day.

treasure chest !

flea market finds....a most appreciated gift from a friend. She is highly proficient in treasure hunting!

common seed bead storing in "before pastic times" . elaborate manufactured little boxes made of cardboard and paper.

Twisted

 ....available here and here

Tassels multicolor

The first are finished...available here

some more to come

GONE GARDENING...!
have a great weekend

Studio news

On my working table:

Soft Pastel - a spring collection - coming soon

old cut beads

these are not partly cut charlottes, but old, real cut beads....similar to these:

 To work with is time consuming, because not all of them can be used, but the surface is beautiful !
......subdued sparkling .

 Plain shapes to bring out the characteristcs of the beads.  

...available here

Brooch a week !

...lightyears behind, but still on board!

finally I found a way to experiment with some of my bigger beads I cannot use for my beadwork .

some kind of sea anemone

test test test

..testing some beads!

It is a sad affair, but I guess every beadworker has to deal with it sometimes.

" Many of the tiny, precious, wonderful colored Glass roccailles are not lightfast! 

So here is how I´m testing some colors before I use them in my earrings!

I leave them in a glass bowl on the window sill in the bright sun for some weeks.

and you can see, some faded....

....and have to be sorted out

here it is a matter of color lined beads , they are useless. 

Mandala pendant

front and backside of a new "mandala"

This is a concept so far, but I will create a detachable ear hook, to wear it as an eye catching single earring!

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