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Custom Order
« on: June 20, 2016, 12:18:26 AM »

This is a work in progress Custom Order piece for my friend Mia Benson (Spiritbearbeads).

Fake Amber cabs, and some kind of Lace agate or Onyx.  I'm thinking it's an onyx/travertine kind of stone.  Mia would know the stone's true Identity since she bought the cabs!
Still have some edge embellishment and fringe to do along with earrings...

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Re: Custom Order
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2016, 11:57:31 AM »

Well done!!! :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:  The design flows right into the stone!

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Re: Custom Order
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2016, 08:09:39 PM »

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Re: Custom Order
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2016, 11:40:16 PM »

Latest update taken on my kitchen countertop as it's blowing dust outside and after 11PM at night, so natural light is out.  I will take some good pictures once the whole ensemble is done.
Necklace chain is vinyl airline tubing for aquariums covered in silk ribbon and Picasso finish seed beads.

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Re: Custom Order
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2016, 02:33:28 PM »

Very nice!
How do you attach the cones on the ends - glue?
I'm thinking about something similar or some crimped ends for kumihimo so would welcome your suggestions
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Re: Custom Order
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2016, 05:53:34 PM »

What I did is the cording - which is aquarium tubing, has tigertail wire running through it.  That tigertail wire is crimped on either end to form a loop.  I threaded bronze wire through each loop and then fed the bronze wire through the cones and did a wrapped loop to finish each end off.  For added security as the tubing went into the cone I added a couple drops of E6000.
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