Eclectic Necklaces
I decided to try making something intentionally hodgepodge. This isn't my usual style. My background is architecture and mechanical design. I am comfortable with symmetry and order. So let's see what happens when I set that aside and intentionally break my own rules for design.
I made two necklaces, one with just segments of beads on eye pins, and one with a shorter selection of beaded bits and a chain. Both use lobster claw clasps and jump ring connectors. The latter may need an extra bead segment just to drape properly. I will ponder this. Meanwhile, here are the photos:
I also made a shiny bracelet for my 4-year-old niece, pending my sister's approval. I had an assortment of tiny rhinestone spacers and some small blue glass beads in the perfect quantity for this project. I may not need any of the chain to fit such a tiny wrist, so it may be removed before the bracelet is bestowed.
What do you think of these necklaces made from leftover odds and ends? Is a bracelet for a preschooler a bad idea from the start? Comment below!
They all look good and that bracelet is gonna make a really nice gift.
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I find both of these necklaces interesting to look at, largely because the lack of symmetry continually draws my eye and my brain.
I prefer the second to the first because your own instincts partially betrayed you. Despite throwing out your self-imposed symmetry rules, I still see an echo of symmetry--particularly in this second piece--that employs color and shape matching on complementary sides (a vertical symmetry) even though the particular beads aren't truly identical. :D
Upon closer inspection, I find that the first necklace also preserves a little symmetry, at least in a balance of approximate sizes and shapes along a vertical, left-right symmetry axis.
I find that rather cool... ;)
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P.S. I so look forward to life in the New Heavens and New Earth, because we will have ultimate liberty to work and create without the pressures of having to scramble to provide for our own survival.
Some symmetry is inescapable in making it functional and the manner I constructed it. I made several similar beaded wire segments using similar varieties of beads to achieve similar lengths. I also deliberately chose the two pieces with the largest beads as the center of the pattern. After that, I just grabbed from my pile of premade segments.
The apparent order in the second was an accident of not wanting the same colors adjacent, leading to a sort of symmetry in splitting them apart.
I think a preschooler can handle a bracelet, although she may get frustrated if she can't put it on or take it off by herself. I rather like the hodge-podge necklaces; the variety of colors means they could be worn with many different garments.
I thought about a toggle clasp, but her wrist is so small it would probably be too loose. I also thought about a magnetic clasp, but... toddler.
Have you ever consider starting a small business selling those?
I have thought about it, but I don't think there's enough of a market locally to make a go of it, and Etsy is a very competitive market.
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