What happens when you mix a favorite millefiori cane with cool components? I'd have to say, magic. Earlier this year, at the To Bead True Blue Show (Tucson Gem and MIneral Show), I came across a great booth with amazing "Sea Glass" beads. I spoke at length with the owner of ZNET Shows , an amazing young man by the name of Rob, who told me how this fair trade company employs craftpeople from his birthplace in China to recreate the effect of glass worn down by the ocean over years and years. All the beads come from recycled glass. They had an unbelievable assortment of sizes, shapes, and colors. While I did purchase quite a few goodies, he was kind enough to donate some beads to my blog project. I plan on creating at least one or more lids using some of the other beads I have. These dagger beads remind me of surf boards. I attached these around the lid to frame the leopard spot millefiori background. In the center I placed a SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS rivoli crystal. This is held in place by wrapping into a metal base using Parawire, copper wire. I first saw this concept by the amazingly talented Lisa Niven Kelly through a class listing in the Bead and Button Show catalog. She teaches sawing technique in metal to use as the wire-wrapping background. Being inspired by Lisa, I found a way to recreate something similar with already notched components. This focal point was glued down over the center of the lid.
WaaaOOOuu c'est super original !!Elle est magnifique !!Bravooooo Lisa!
Posted by: Lynda | 06/23/2012 at 02:34 AM