I love to work with some of the amazing lampwork beads created by local and international glasswork artists. The challenge that can arise is how to create a piece that showcases the lampwork but is wearable and stylish.
If there are enough beads in the set you can just add an accent and create a simple strung necklace like this piece.
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| Copper plated dragon necklace |
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Here I added the Swarovski crystals, copper rectangles and spacers to the lampwork. There were enough beads to make a complete necklace.
There are times thou when the set is smaller or you want to keep the beads as a centre focus. I was inspired by this ancient Greek necklet. I imagine that the ends could be connected to lengths of chain to create a full length neck piece.
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| Gold and blue glass paste, Cypro-Classical, 450-400 B.C. (ROM) |
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Here are few of my pieces using this design idea.
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| Circle around my heart |
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| Owl Babies |
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| Elizabeth's necklace |
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| Aqua Dots |
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| Blue Galaxy |
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| Purple Galaxy |
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