First I formed the frame by hand – no solder here, all cold connections. Once the frame was secured I used countless feet of hair thin wire to stitch the hundreds of 2mm – 4mm sterling silver beads. I added some beautiful blue apatite beads around the belly for a splash of color, and another in a herringbone wrap for his eye.
Aventurine briolettes were used for his fins. A little LOS and a lot of polishing later, I had my seahorse.
I later created this wavy coiled chain with the hopes of giving the impression of ocean waves, using apatites wrapped in herringbones to link the coiled sections together.