I am late because of a fantastic weekend with my husband in Key West, Florida. Key West is rich with the spirits of pirates and sunken treasure, with history of famous writers and politicians, with alcohol flowing in the streets (and it still does) all the way to a very haunted doll who is housed in a very secure glass vault. The town celebrates Halloween with Fantasy Fest, a very grown up costume party or lack of costume as body paint usually does the trick!
I am a ceramic bead artist so I made the sugar skull pendant and three 12mm round black beads. I wire wrapped red, white, black and clear seed beads on jangle findings. These have so much movement and add fullness to my design. I used red waxed linen to knot between the matte black crystals. This 18" necklace closes with an antique silver toggle. I can't wait to wear it!
Please hop around to the other designers blogs to see what they made for their danse macabe!
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Becca White Morgana Fey Creations
Kim Dworak Cianci Blue
Tami Norris Tamis Creative Spot
Inge Von Roos Inge’s Blog
Terry Jeanette Carter Tapping Flamingo
Deb Fortin Mhoti Studio
Melissa Trudinger Bead Recipes
Michelle! I love the sugar skull and like the way you used the waxed linen. It will give some movement and extra life to the design when you wear it! It's a fun piece and I love it.!
ReplyDeleteIt must be a pleasure to wear your necklace, I do admire you a lot for being a ceramic bead artist...
ReplyDeleteLove your focal skull and all the seed beads must look wonderful bobbing about when you wear this necklace.
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