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Helene
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Sorry I made a mistake a quoted the whole thing with my question Daniel. Hope you can read it OK.
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adrian65
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Great technique and BEAUTIFUL result!
Adrian
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lonelygems
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 Nice pieces Helene, thanks for sharing your interesting trick.....suitable for alternative beading.
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Daniel
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Rockoteer
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Good idea.
TOG
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-Gary
Of all the things I've lost..I miss my mind the most.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
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spirit bear beads
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WOW! I had to enlarge the pictures and study them for a few minutes to figure out what was going on....  Not quite awake yet... need more coffee  That is Way too Cool! Thanks for the tutorial! |
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mirkaba
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Helene.........Thanks!!! I started a brass and silver with Sodalite matched set and have been banging my head on the rocks trying to come up with a couple beads to seperate the center and 2 side pieces. The bails are a little funky as they curl around at an angle and I thought the beads could be shaped to sort of hold the pieces in position on a 3mm leather cord. The metal is formed, the stones are cut, the clasp ends are made Now to resolve the bead dillema..... This will work !!!!
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Bob
Gathering dust in Montana.
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Helene
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Bob very curious to see your necklace. Please post a picture when you finish.
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Helene
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- Daniel -- your thought of adding a third layer was an interesting option but I thought a little time consuming (maybe).
Frank came up with the idea of inserting a piece of metal for the inner section, but mentioned the metal might fray the cording. Since I was going to use metal as my cording I did not think it would be a problem. I used 20 gauge nickel silver sheeting. Next time I would like to use something a little thicker, but that was the thickest I had on hand.
This two sided bead has two holes to fit the jewelry design.
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Helene
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This time when I used the 330 apoxy one metal section slipped a little. Creaned it with acetone, placed it back in and squirted a very thin starbond glue in the seam and recut. It held. Maybe a little fine sanding on the metal would help the bonding?
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lithicbeads
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Very nice. I can't remember where but I one read that for optimum results that you should glue metal within two minutes of when the last of the solvent used to clean it evaporated.
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ScarlettoSara
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Very pretty Helene:)
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"I tramp a perpetual journey.”
― Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
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