As a member of the Jewellers and Metalsmith Group of Queensland (JMGQ) I participated in the 2018 Pinswap. So I created a brooch, posted it…
Tag: Crystals
I have been experimenting with making beaded rings in a variety of styles. Some with feature beads or flowers, crossed over patterns, brick stitch vs…
A different method of making diamond shaped beaded earrings. This time using a sideways peyote stitch. Finished with a small crystal or coral bead at…
Double layered crystal hearts stitched together with more crystals. Make excellent statement pendants on a chain or leather cord.
What started as a netted seed bead and crystal necklace, turned into a wavy netted necklace. The beads have a mind of their own, but…
Tubular peyote stitch using size 11 or 13 seed beads (very small). Each one is filled to hold it’s shaped and capped with a flat…
A few different techniques of large beads as the base and seed beads creating a crossover pattern on or around the large beads.
The necklace is viking knitting with purple nickel-free wire. The feature is thread after thread of purple and mutli-coloured seed beads, with small purple and…
Inspiration came from the cube stone beads for these bracelets. The cube beads were ladder stitched together and linked each of the threads with crystals…
The top triangle section is brick stitched together, and the remaining strands dangle freely with silver crystals on the bottom.
I wanted to create a textured look on a simple seed bead bracelet, so decided to add crystals at intervals throughout the bracelet. Finished with…
Over the weekend I attended a stone setting workshop at the Brisbane Institute of Art with Renata Fojtikova as the teacher. These were my test pieces:…
Using a seed bead net as the base, I then added crystals to the gaps which forms these thick, sparkly bracelets. A slide clasp is…
The first time I’ve used a material base, instead of stitching the beads to each other. Starting with the large crystal beads and a tubular…
Using a seed bead net as the base, I then added crystals to the gaps which forms these thick, sparkly bracelets. A slide clasp is…