Lately I've been obsessed with making earrings. I previously thought they weren't challenging enough but then I started getting inquiries about them and thought, why not give it a try. So to make it more challenging, instead of just wiring I decided to try beading techniques and boy was I wrong about holding back on those earrings!
Beading or weaving headbands and necklaces are time consuming, usually taking 4-5 days to finish, and for someone with very low E.Q., the wait is often frustrating. But to do the techniques I love and finish the project in a day? Well, I think I'll be making a lot of earrings now.
The design possibilities are endless! Although it does take a lot of patience when the design I have in mind doesn't work. Like for this earring, I had an idea of the last layer(red coral beads) perfectly aligned. But it wouldn't stay flat, it kept crinkling because the space weren't enough for the beads. So, I had to improvise. Instead of aligning them, I made one big loop in the middle and it worked just fine. The loop actually made the design more interesting, in my opinion.
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| What I was used to making. |
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| And sometimes wiring it. |
Beading or weaving headbands and necklaces are time consuming, usually taking 4-5 days to finish, and for someone with very low E.Q., the wait is often frustrating. But to do the techniques I love and finish the project in a day? Well, I think I'll be making a lot of earrings now.
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| I made 3 pairs in 6-7 hours. |
The design possibilities are endless! Although it does take a lot of patience when the design I have in mind doesn't work. Like for this earring, I had an idea of the last layer(red coral beads) perfectly aligned. But it wouldn't stay flat, it kept crinkling because the space weren't enough for the beads. So, I had to improvise. Instead of aligning them, I made one big loop in the middle and it worked just fine. The loop actually made the design more interesting, in my opinion.
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