There is something special about handcrafted jewellery and how they can express the artist's thoughts, care and attention to detail. It's appeal is in its uniqueness and individuality which allows the wearer to express their personality.
Today I am wearing a necklace I designed and made myself.
It is hugely satisfying to create something with your hands and you feel an incredible sense of achievement as well.
Crafting a piece of beaded jewellery especially one that has a lot of detail is very labour intensive and I have documented the process of making this pearl beaded flower necklace.
Materials for the necklace
Cream seed bead, size 11
Gold seed beads, size 11
8mm ivory glass pearls
4mm cream glass pearl
peach button for clasp
The first step is to create the beaded flower. I start with creating the petals. I bead 8 diamond shaped petals in brick stitch.
Now I have 4 cream and 4 light gold beaded diamonds
The next step is to assemble the gold diamonds together
When that is completed I attach the cream diamonds to the gold diamonds using square stitch and then finish off the flower with a centre pearl.
Once the beaded flower is done, the next step is to string 8mm pearls and cream seed beads to create the necklace. Then a button bead clasp is added to the finished strand.
I then repeat for the other half of the necklace and add a loop for the clasp.
The necklace is completed.
More and more people today are choosing to wear handmade jewellery and prefer the uniqueness of hand crafted ornaments. Artists try to create unusual jewellery that is appealing and attractive. There is a great deal of personal pride and finesse inherent in an artist's work and that is what makes it so different from machine made jewellery. And that is why most jewellery that is mass produced is quite simply run of the mill.
There is also nothing to beat that feeling of exclusivity and to know that no one else or practically very few people will be wearing the jewellery that you are. Mass produced jewellery is literally 'a dime a dozen'.
Until next time
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