Beading Back Before Time - Early Civilization

When in Rome.....

I have a beautiful strand of ancient Roman glass and a fun ceramic Roman

coin impression, so I started with those pieces as my inspiration for early

civilization.  I went onto Pinterest to research what authentic Roman jewelry

looked like.  I discovered lots of turquoise and blue tones as well as gold, never

silver.  I normally pair blue tones up with silver, so that became my first challenge.

Next choosing the glaze I wanted to use to capture the perfect blue tone would be

important.  I went with blue lagoon which has a green under tone.  It also looked

great with the Roman glass.  I also made some ceramic accent pieces in the same glaze.

I used butterscotch colored wax linen for my stringing material.  The gemstones

are Aventurine and I used some manufactured sea glass as well.  I really like

how the ceramic tubes give the necklace some width and the fun tassel accent 

under the Roman coin is playful.  I used gold tone spacer beads, waffle discs,

chain and a large lobster claw clasp.

Here is a close up of the ceramic Roman coin that I made and here are the

coordinating earrings.  I made leaf charms for the earrings because of the pattern

I discovered with the constant use of leaf designs by the Romans.

Thank you for following along with my Beading Back Before Time Blog

challenges.  If you'd like to learn more about me and my ceramic beads, please

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other blogs to see what other great jewelry designs of early civilizations.