Maybe it’s the warmer weather (we were in the 90’s the other day!), but this week I was inspired to make a few large hole beads with my handmade flower murrini. These particular murrini are incredibly painstaking to make because they involve so many steps – but the results are worth it. When encased in clear glass they come alive and have so much detail and beauty. 🙂
I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed making them –
Available now on Etsy!
I’m on a roll!
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What could be trickier than encasing tiny murrini chips in a large round bead? Encasing tiny murrini chips in a much smaller charm bead!
Let me tell ya! I thought making regular sized, round encased murrini beads was tough…I had another thing coming trying to squeeze as many murrini chips as possible into a much smaller charm bead.
The large hole means much less ‘volume of glass’ can be applied to the surface since they’re meant to be small and worn on a charm bead bracelet (such as Pandora, Troll, Biagi, etc.)
I do love a good challenge – but I don’t think I breathe at all when I make one of these beads, LOL 😀
Besides the fun of making them, my most favorite thing about these beads is the fact that there is something new to look at from every angle. That just makes them so special, I think. 🙂
All beads have a solid sterling silver core, and are currently available on Etsy:
Hot off the torch!
It has been a while since I gave my bead liner tool a whirl, so I thought it was time to make some fun big hole beads with sterling silver cores. Besides, I needed a few new beads for my own Pandora bracelet as well 😉
Here is the first batch, available now on Etsy…
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