Thursday, March 20, 2014

Donut Wraps

Hello everyone!  It's time for the next entry in my updated photo collection.  This post, as the title says, will feature my donut wraps.  You've probably already seen some photos of these posted, but I have added chains to some, so that will be new.  I think this entry will also contain some better closeup shots.

I haven't quite fixed the prices on these yet, but if you're interested in purchasing any of them please get in touch with me and I will figure it out for you.

First up is the only one without a chain.  This one is gold-plated wire over a turquoise-coloured stone.  The wrap also includes some swarovski and some faux-swarovski bicones as well as some e-beads.  The collar/bail is fairly simple and light-weight with a single loop for a chain to pass through and a couple extra scrolls (the spirals) as decorations on the face of the pendant.


As I said, this piece currently does not have a chain, but I could certainly make one if requested.

Next up is a closeup of a pale green stone wrapped in bright copper wire.  This one is a larger stone (I know the scale is off in these photos, but the bicones used in both pieces are the same, and you can see they look much smaller against this second pendant) so it allows room for more fun bends and kinks in the wrap.  The collar/bail is more complex on this one, with some fun bends and structure and a frontal scroll.  Copper wire, unknown stone (sorry, my bead supplier doesn't label them), swarovski and faux swarovski bicones, e-beads.


And here you can see a shot of the chain.  It's made of these beautiful clear copper-cored seed beads with a few highlights of transparent blue copper-cored seed beads.


The next piece is silver plated copper wire over the same turqoise-coloured stone as in the gold piece above.  This one features a smooth rounded collar/bail of clean flowing lines.  Swarovski bicones and e-beads are featured in this wrap.  As you can see, the chain is made of clear silver-cored seed beads interspersed with dark purple e-beads like the ones used in the wrap.


Here's a shot on the stand so you can see how it hangs on the chain, which is a simple single strand with a lobster claw clasp.


The final piece is one you've probably seen before without a chain.  It's silver-plated copper wire over a rose quartz donut.  This is the smallest of the pendants and features glass pearls, a clear swarovski bicone, and e-beads in the wrap.  This donut was also drilled through, so the bail features a scroll in the center of the pendant with a light criss-cross design over the face of the stone and a large textured scroll over the collar.  As you can see, I gave this one a chain of pale rose glass pearls with iris seed beads in my pearl necklace style.  (The colours on my monitor tend a little more to the yellow than they are to the eye -- sorry, but I couldn't satisfactorily edit this out.  Just keep in mind this is pinky, not peachy.)


And here's a shot of it on the stand so you can see how it hangs on the chain.  It's really very lovely and feminine.


That's it for today.  We'll have a couple more entries of updated gallery shots then I'll start sharing some of my new projects and works in progress.  For the past couple of days I've been working on a design for a wire earring stand.  I came up with a prototype I quite like so now I have to make a more robust final version.  Pictures soon.

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