No 37 Christmas 2023 Special Set meta-size-chart-size-chart beads and findings from Bali

beads and findings from Bali

My job really was to come up with a design that does both sides justice

It is such wonderful material to work with - the iridescence of its Nacre (Mother of Pearl) is really like working with materialised Northern Light

Agates from Brazil (Titanium plated to give a blue luster)

Sea sediment jasper

No 37 Christmas 2023 Special Set meta-size-chart-size-chart beads and findings from BaliFor over a decade, I have not used religious symbols, but I have to admit I have been completely drawn into these Ethiopian crosses lately admittedly initially from an aesthetic point of point of view. And while this might be not a logical connection for many of you for me the cross has strong visual links to coral reef basket stars (can't take the Marine Biologist out of my brain but neither do I want to; see second image). Besides the aesthetic, it