For this months Art Elements design challenge we were fortunate enough to get to work with these wonderful glass Scarab beads made by Sue Kennedy and I chose one of the turquoise ones with an etched finish.
Scarabs always bring to mind Egypt for me and when I did a bit of research I found a lot of rings like this one and did thing about going that route but the bead was too wide to make it work in the same way. However, I was also very taken by the the use of brick red stones like Carnelian and felt the colour would work really well with my turquoise scarab – Egypt meets South-Western!
In the end I decided to go with a with a wire cored bracelet that mimicked the shape of the rings. I used 1.6mm copper wire for the core with Sue’s bead at the centre and flanked by greek coppered ceramic and lovely red lampwork beads by Outwest. I also found some etched turquoise beads from Outwest that were a pretty perfect match for the focal so I added these and some copper beads from Hands of the hills. I struggle to get bangles over my knuckles so I left the core open and added a hook clasp. A bath in Liver of Sulphur and a tumble and job done.
It’s a fairly simple design but hopefully makes the most of Sue’s lovely focal.
Many thanks to Susan for hosting this months challenge – if you would like to see what the rest of the team and our guests created simply follow the links to out blog hop below.
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I like how you draw the inspirations… and your mind connected it together! The bracelet is lovely with one of my favorites of Sues scarabs! (matte, crusty, turquoise – never goes wrong!)
lovely . I’d wear this often. the contrast of the red oxide lamp-work beads sets off the focal scarab bead so beautifully and marries them to the copper accents. I too have large hands that most bangles will NOT slide over. this is such a a great solution to that problem.
Oh I love love love it! SO wearable and balanced and the colors you chose work perfectly! I love this style of bracelet that you make! Thank you!
Wow! I love everything about that bracelet. I would wear it all the time!
Love your inspiration and how you’ve evolved it in to a gorgeous wearable design… and your colour choices are always wonderful! I’d wear this a lot!
Simple is so often the most challenging to create but this piece is beautifully simple 😀
This is really nice and it’s great to see your inspiration piece too. I bet that design you had in mind for the ring would work perfectly for earrings instead.
Lovely piece! I love how the colors play well together. Something I would wear every day! Great Job!
Love the ring as the inspiration for the bangle. It’s gorgeous and looks totally wearable.
Very pretty! I love that you went with a southwest pallet for this bangle!
Sometimes bracelets with large focals are annoying to wear because the weight of the focal pulls it to the bottom of your wrist. It looks like you’ve engineered this in such a way that the balance will be maintained. I also love the colors and textures, and that everything looks the same level of “ancient”.
Fairy simple design, she says. Simply striking, I say. Love the color palette. And bangles this style/shape are my absolute favorite!
What a beautifully balanced bracelet, I love the whole thing and I am always amazed at how perfectly neat your clasps are!