Rondelle necklace
This is my new favorite cut. Rondelles. Oh, for some reason I am so in love with them. And fortunately, they are hot and getting hotter so it is becoming quite easy to find. I guarantee you that you will start seeing them on more and more pieces - even replacing the ubiquitous briolette soon.
Rondelles are faceted in the same manner as briolettes, but rather than the teardrop shape of the briolette, they have a wheel or donut shape with a hole drilled through the center. It makes them infinitely easier to design with in so many ways, but conversely, more a challenge because it is so much easier to fall into standard boring designs with them.
This necklace just rocks in all sorts of ways. It is the same concept as a wire wrapped briolette pendant, but rather than a single briolette stone, this is just a series of rondelles lined up on a sterling wire with a loop (a basic rosary loop) wrapped at the end. The loop gives the chain a place to anchor and a very simple chain is attached to the rhondelle centerpiece to do just that.
That is all. A simple centerpiece and a chain to go with it. Simple, elegant and visually pleasing. A very beautiful and cutting edge necklace to make as gifts for this Christmastime. I guarantee you this is going to be the new hot shape coming. If you are done with briolettes, hunt down some rondelles and work with those instead.
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