In my book, Jewelry Designs from Nature, I write about creating jewelry with a poetic message. I love jewelry that speaks to us. I created this pendant when I was packing up to move back home to Michigan. My dreams finally had wings and I was looking forward to nesting and settling in my new home.
Supplies:
Feather Pendant
House Bead
Bird Bead
8mm glass spacers
2 6mm copper spacers
10″ 21 gauge blackened steel wire
18 gunmetal chain
Tools: heavy duty wire cutters, round and chain nose pliers and steel wool.
Directions:
1. Leaving a 4″ tail on the steel wire, create a large loop. Open the loop and insert the feather pendant, close the loop.
2. Wrap the tail of the wire above the loop two times in a regular wrapped looped. Continue wrapping the wire several times, criss-crossing around the loop to create an entwined effect.
3. String on a copper spacer, house bead, copper spacer, glass bead, bird bead. Create another large wrapped loop as in step 2.
4. Thread the pendant on the chain.
Sources:
Feather: Humblebeads. House: Jubilee. Bird: Mamacita Beadworks
Lori's Glassworks
October 13, 2011 at 3:15 pmLove that you explained the meaning of this piece, it has a greater impact now that I know the emotion behind it. Thanks for sharing!
Lori
CraftCrave
October 13, 2011 at 9:53 pmJust a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [13 Oct 09:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
KayzKreationz
October 14, 2011 at 3:06 amWhat a great piece. And I love the story behind it. Thanks for the tutorial.
Marie Cramp
October 14, 2011 at 12:45 pmI always love seeing what is floating around in your brain when it comes to your own art beads 🙂 Helps us to think outside our own imagination!