Wirework & Silver Necklace Beading Ideas, Page 3
My Little Angel Necklace
I created this necklace when a dear friend of mine lost her little boy to SIDS. I used 17″ of silver chain. I strung together pewter letter beads, with the initials of her son, using 20 gauge silver wire. I linked it onto the chain. To create the angel, I used a 3 inch head […]
Carnelian Neck Collar
This has almost a full troy ounce of 20 gauge square sterling silver wire. It is wrapped with 20 gauge 1/2 round wire. The sterling silver is graced with a carved carnelian fan and tiny Hilltribe silver beads. The inspiration for this piece was the beautiful wrap around torque necklaces in medieval times. (Ed note: […]
Fall Cluster Statement Necklace
With most of my work this season I have come to the realization that I am in a ‘bigger is better’ frame of mind. I am leaning more towards chunky statement type pieces. Also, I find I enjoy mixing gold and silver a lot and this piece reflects that. I began with only an inkling […]
Hematite Necklace
This necklace was a commissioned piece. It is made of a hematite cabochon sculpted into a pendant with anti-tarnish sterling silver wire. The necklace is made by stringing together hematite beads and fresh water pearls. I made the clasp with sterling silver wire. This necklace is 15″ in length.
By The Light Of The Moon Necklace
This necklace was inspired by a dark/Baroque feel with it’s stamped sterling silver chain and chandelier pendant which is adorned with a selection of hand-wrapped amethyst, jet and black diamond Swarovski crystals. A tiny silver cross and antique style crescent moon and star dangle from the pendant also. To finish off two crystal fire-polished Czech […]
Good Juju Wire Wrapped Collar
This piece was inspired by a friend’s Kenyan necklace made of bone & horn. I loved the strong shapes and the way the horns tapered around the sides of the neck. My beaded version looks nothing like hers, but it captures a similar earthy, bold feeling. I made frames with 20 gauge sterling plated copper […]
Tourmaline Goddess Cluster Necklace
This necklace is made of rainbow tourmaline, sterling silver headpins, and sterling silver chain. Each tourmaline bead is strung on a headpin and hung from a link in the chain to form a “y” shaped cascade. I spent a long time collecting the gems for this necklace. The design came to me one day while […]
Amazonite And Spiral Necklace
When I found this Amazonite, I noticed how beautiful it looked against sterling silver. I was inspired to make this necklace because I wanted to find a way to make this unusual blue really stand out. The sterling silver spiral was the final touch, adding a little depth and character to the necklace.
Lucky Dice Necklace
This was the very first piece of proper jewellery I made. It was made for a friend who has her lucky number tattooed on her back in the form of two dice. I made it as a gift for her to celebrate her pregnancy. I used plated silver chain, head pins, eye pins, glass seed […]
Antiqued Silver Swirl Pendant
I really enjoyed creating this set. It’s made of 18 gauge sterling silver wire and antique silver beads. For the posts and pendant, I started with the swirls with the beginning of the wire, allowing enough wire at the end to form the posts on the earrings and the bail which is hidden behind the […]
Pink Shell And Crystal Necklace
This piece was created around the pendant. I wrapped the large round pink shell with silver plated wire and threaded the little flower charms through the wire as I wrapped. Since the pendant was large, I went with a longer necklace, using clear crystals, pink jasper, and salmon glass beads with a metallic hue. The […]
Red Mayan Pendant Necklace
Memory wire was used. Beaded with black and red glass beads. The middle front has silver spacers. A round ring piece is connected with a split ring and beads and charms are connected to that with head and eye pins. I love red and this is one of my favourites in my collection!
Cluster Charm Necklace
To make this necklace I used 1 metre of faux suede, roughly 20cms of silver plated curb chain, a variety of silver plated/tibetan silver charms, snowflake obsidian chips, coloured glass beads, 10-20 small jump rings, 1 large jump ring and 1 cord end. Tools: 2 pairs of long nose pliers, chain cutter and round nose […]
Blue And Green Shell Pendant
This set uses silver plated chain attached with jump rings to a beaded section that consists of green shell beads and 4mm blue rice pearls. The shell pendant is attached on the wire by a heavy gauge jump ring. The earrings are on lever back posts with a rice pearl attached by a jump ring […]
Lemon Quartz Dangle Necklace
I have used sterling silver chain and wire to make this necklace, along with fine quality lemon quartz and amythest nuggets. This necklace also feature faceted carneliun, iolite and freshwater pearls.
Romance Necklace
This necklace is made of sterling silver chain with a centerpiece of genuine garnet set in sterling silver. The main design is made from sterling silver eyepins threaded with Swarovski montees and finished off with sterling wave chain and two Swarovski heart drops. I decided to make this design as I wanted something very different […]
Turquoise And Copper Vines Necklace Set
This set came to be because of a wedding commission. I wanted to practice the tiara with copper before going with silver, and then decided it would make a great choker! The stones are Turquoise briolettes that I wired together as flowers with a Mookaite center. The leaf accents are also Mookaite. I used multiple […]
Green Pearl And Hoop Necklace
I started with a piece of silver plated double hoop chain and put small jump rings on both ends. On head pins are two green bicone pearls with a clear Swarovski crystal in between. Near the clasp again on head pins are two different size green pearls with the smaller of the two in the […]
Pink Dangle Necklace
I found the large silver wire pendant in a craft shop and it took me quite a while to come up with something to put it with. I used bright pink stones along with some pearly beads in pink and cream. I added the bunch to an extra long black cord to create a long […]
White And Green Coil Beads Necklace
I just purchased a coil gizmo, and went a little overboard creating coils. I knew I wanted to make a tiered or layer necklace, what I described to myself as a collar. I wanted each layer to more simple as the layers got smaller. The coils are a pristine white, the large beads are silver […]
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