Pearl and briolette necklace
A lovely necklace, using a briolette stone again without the use of the wire wrapping technique. I am shying away from the constant use of the wire wrap because unless you can use gold wire, the silver tarnishes in the stone and really calls attention to the drilled holes, particularly in a light colored stone (of which I use a lot). As a result, I am trying to show more ways to use the briolette cut without so many wire options.
This particular necklace uses stringing via alternating pearls and seed beads to highlight a briolette stone as a focal bead. Lovely. And I particularly like the color combination of the dark focal bead with the light pearls and seed beads. It really makes it stand out.
As I have mentioned before, because this necklace is not individually knotted, I would use beadalon wire as opposed to thread or silk cord to create a necklace like this. It creates a sturdier piece and there is less worry about an accidental break (if the necklace gets caught on anything, like a baby’s hand or the like).
This necklace is very simple to construct, literally just threading the beads onto the wire. As a reminder, the wire comes in different size diameters, so if one wire doesn’t fit your stones and beads, just try another.
There are so many wonderful stones out there these days that you could easily get a number of these made whilst watching your movies in front of the television late at night. Gather your tools and put them all in a tote bag and keep them near your favorite comfortable chair. Then when you rest for the evening, your tool bag is right there, ready for you to work.
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