It`s been nearly a month since I blogged about the antique chinese dragon bead necklace that I had made years back . I started off quite enthusiastically cutting off my necklace to create something that is really spectacular with the bead! But , I did not take into consideration the time it would take to complete the project to my satisfaction.
The beads all ready and shiny after a bit of polishing are so exciting to look at , and I immediately started to plan my design . But after making and discarding one sample for another ( delayed by a week ) I still was undecided as to what technique of beading I should use . Finally after putting in a lot of thinking I settled for a tubular bead netting technique and started working on the necklace . Mortira of Inspirational Beading posted a lovely tutorial of tubular Bead netting stitch which caught my eye . You can find it here
But here too I came across another block . The limegreen beads were bought years back and I quickly ran out of them and had to spend days getting more of them ! Once I started the netting , I liked the combination so much that I refused to settle for another shade . And here in India , as we have a very general system of sizing or branding beads , I had to give the samples to a friend to get it from another city ! ..... Again a fortnight lost .
But finally after all the delay , here`s the completed necklace. I`ve named it "The Dragon Room " necklace , because for a few days my work room was dominated by only one thing , the dragon bead ..LOL!
" The Dragon Bead Necklace "
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| close-up of the pendant |
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| I love the tiny red eyes of this fierce little dragon ! |
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| the necklace all complete with blue onyx focal bead , and vintage carved turquoise beads as well as silverbeads. |
Don`t you think the dragon bead looks better in this new avatar ? I think so and am quite pleased that finally I was able to make the necklace to my liking even though there was a lot of delay .
Do drop in a line , for like always I will be waiting to hear from you , and do stop soon to see a couple of pieces I created when I was waiting for the lime green beads to arrive .
bidding a beading goodbye '
motidana
Oh I love it!! especially the netting. it looks so chunky - its very artsy-folksy. will have to borrow it sometime from you :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Divya . Like you said it is very vibrant and does have an ethnic look . Matches so well with our Kanjeevaram Sarees. I`m going to love wearing this :)
DeleteIt looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mridula :)
DeleteThe necklace turned out totally gorgeous! I love the colors and the marriage of weaving and focal beads.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mortira ! Your post was so timely that it struck a fantastic idea, that materialized into this one ..:)
DeleteThis is very beautiful creation, felt like wearing it myself. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Indrani for stopping by and commenting .
DeleteCongratulations! After straggling so much the necklace came out really marvelous!
ReplyDeleteSo it was really worth it to spend so much time and affords.
Thanks Yulia and welcome to my blog . I hope you have a lot of interesting time here :)
DeleteYeah you have interesting thing to see :) ...like that fedoskino pendant.
ReplyDeleteActually we are planning to go to Chennai this summer for a short period of time for visa to Russia. If u r fond of such things like that pendant I can bring smth for u, but it may not be from Fedoskino :)
Oh that`s so nice of you to offer . I love crafts from your country :) And you can get in touch when you visit Chennai if you like . Just mail me in advance as I too will be traveling .
DeleteVery nice work. I love the way the tubular necklace turned out. I have not done such bead weaving. So I have great respect for those artists. See you again in the virtual blogosphere. Dita
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by and for the liking the necklace . And we will meet again I`m sure :)
Deletei love the necklace and the name too :) combination is lovely :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful necklace! Love the colours :-)
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