This was probably the biggest project I've ever taken on, but one of my absolute favorites. I started with a string of chain for the base to hang around my neck. With a roll of .14 wire, I strung several kinds of beads in long semi-ovals hanging from the chain. I got a couple of silver Indian beads for twenty cents a gram at a local store and added a few of them throughout the piece. The long glazed beads with white circles painted on them are actually bone that has been painted over. I also have a lot of small seed beads and wooden ovals in it. It took me two days to make due to each strand having to be individually crimped and strung.
Materials:
Three strands of dark brown wooden beads
One strand of tan wooden beads
One strand of brown wooden beads
One strand of light blue beads
One strand of log-shaped painted beads
MANY silver crimp beads
One container of light blue 5mm beads
One string of silver chain
1 silver toggle clasp
