Finished Skully necklace
October 7, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Bead Stringing, Beading, Lampwork & Fused Glass, Mixed Media, Recycled Art, Technique Tuesday, Tutorials & Techniques, Wearable Art
Technique Tuesday!
I explained yesterday about how to make the lampwork Skully bead into a simple pendant. Here’s what I ended up doing with it:
The Skully is such a cute bead that I didn’t want it to be lost in a complicated design. I found some old white tube beads (plastic!), and some wooden black rounds, and the combination reminded me of bones. Perfect!
I used a piece of waxed linen cord, in black, for stringing. In order to allow the pendant to move freely, I decided against stringing directly through the wrapped loop, but instead added a jump ring. It also lets it hang just a bit lower so that it’s even more noticeable.
At the top of the cord, I strung two of the black rounds, and then took each of the loose cords through them from opposite directions like this:
I tied an extra black bead to the end of each cord. Now you can gently slide the top two beads apart in order to put the necklace on, and by pulling on the cords, the beads slide together and close the loop.
This is such a simple stringing idea! I challenge you to use it with a favorite holiday bead or any large lampwork bead of your choice. The beads can be silly and inexpensive like mine, or you can go for more elegant beads and create a lovely holiday look.
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For whatever reason, this reminds me of making mini Christmas wreaths out of old puzzle pieces, green paint, glue, mini ribbons, red rounds and dark green markers for detail.
What mental connections are those, I wonder?
Well sure…I can see that. They’re both sort of cartoonish, and something that you would only wear (or display) for a holiday. I may very well take Skully apart and make something a bit more grown up after Halloween is over
That is juat adorable. I see what you mean about making it into a pendant so as not to have it get lost on a complicated necklace. I lovethe way you did the part to put it on. I would never have figured something like that in a hundred years. Thanks for all the great tips.
So many times, I think the simple solutions are the best…especially for a pendant that you don’t want to overwhelm with tricky embellishments
Glad you like it, Sue!
aww that is just too adorable! He’s not so scary!
fantastic design Cyndi!
LOL! Naaaaah…he’s way too cute to be scary