Carved Wooden Skull Bracelets...

I finally found some decent elastic that doesn't immediately stretch way out and get floppy -- the brand name is Stretch Magic and I got mine at Lacy Tools in Toronto -- and after a number of false attempts very early Saturday morning remembered how to tie a knot that holds. There's a good video here on how to tie a surgeon's knot using Stretch Magic. The surgeon's knot is a very handy knot to know about for any type of cord. I noticed also that I can't pull the first half knot too tightly, otherwise the beads get jammed up. As always, there's finding that sweet spot where the beads sit just right and the bracelet has just enough structure. 

Hand-carved wooden skull beads with assorted copper spacers, jump rings and coils from Africa, carved bone dice and/or matte black seed beads:

Thanks for looking!

Rhyolite & Jasper Necklace...

Bonehead move number one was to let go of one end of the stringing wire outside on the deck while I was positioning the necklace to photograph and... you got it. Beads everywhere. Luckily, they're all more or less rondelle shapes so they didn't get too far. Only lost a couple over the edge.

The nice thing about these trapezoid shapes is that they're cut with all the edges rounded so that both sides are usable -- and considerably different from each other.

Side 1:

Side 2:

I haven't put a clasp on yet but it will be copper. I'll be running this by a few people at the market tomorrow to see if I should stick with the multi-coloured seed beads or pick a single colour before I finish it off. I don't know if it's getting too busy with all the colours, or if that will disappear when it's being worn.

Please comment, and thanks for looking!

Forgot something... more dangles

These are kind of the Tibetan silver style, but I think they're zinc, maybe silver-plated. The beads look good anyway and have a nice weight to them; copper accent beads; wire-wrapped and hammered tinned copper art deco roses. Set of seven. Longest one is about 1-1/8".



These are for sale, but I haven't figured out a price for them yet. Please email me if interested in these specifically, or you would like to order something a little different.

Thanks for looking!