Ashanti African Necklace/Earrings

Vintage Ghana Seed Beads with Lost Wax Cast

Bicone Brass Beads, Copper Accents

Maxine Manges brought me some African Trade Beads

from South Africa on her last visit to see her father...

This pair has vinyl record Heishi Beads stacked,

blue and orange glass Trade tube beads and

cultured sea glass rings...

And the roundish red beads in the stack are Red Venetian

White Heart African Trade Beads accented with

Wasser glass hangies and Cultured Seaglass discs.

More Organic Wasser Shapes...

What is so interesting about these organic 

Wasser Glass shapes is how they look 

dangling from the ear...

Whether you are coming or going,

they intrigue the onlooker.

And can be worn with either side face forward

simply by inserting the ear wire into the ear

from the back instead of the front.

Which is why it is so much fun to show you

BOTH SIDES of each PAIR!

They can have subtle nuances...

Or only make an outright statement from one side...

Even with my ceramic clay accents, these Fun-2-Wear

Earrings are lightweight.

Hand fashioned copper swings allow the clay, cultured

seaglass and semi-precious to catch the eyes of

passers-by...

As you make your own personl Fashion Statement!

Each pair is individual and unique...

Notice the Bumble Bee Jasper and imagine it

pollinating your favorite bloom...

Bet you can't pick just one pair!

Tis the Season for Wasser Wearing

  

Just when I thought I'd never again see the magnificent 

array of Wasser glass patterned colors, a package

arrives from my dear friend Emily with some

breathtaking Wasser Glass shards...

All the more reason to plan to reverse your earrings

for wearing either way!

Semi-precious Jasper ovals are the perfect complement

to many of the speckled, colorful surfaces...

And seem to work as accents for either side.

New for me, this copper wire swing (with a twist) 

which holds an oval stone under the Wasser shapes...

And just when you thought it couldn't get better,

the other side astounds!

I call this pair Spotted Cat and you can see why; it

seems to be all set to jump through the cultured sea glass

black loops underneath...

Then the reverse of spotted cat with the missing 

spots...and missing cat, replaced by red & green

strokes against a black ground -

Oh what fun!

More Crochet-ing with Beads...

...Found this really nice waxed cotton bead cord 

at Blue Santa Beads, Media, PA. I t has a nice twist

to it and is not overly waxy to the touch.

This is the C-lon 400 cord which works nicely with

my glass and ceramic bead pieces, found objects, etc.

I did get a bit carried away with this one which

ended up being over 8 feet long - 

What a Wrap!

Have a Heart Earrings

The thin stoneware hearts above and below

are cut from my own clay shards by

Emily Cohen of Catfish Studio who also

supplied the colorful Wasser glass

hanging under them...

More hand cut glass discs, hand cut clay

 and glass hearts from Emily Cohen

married with each other, wine charms

and cultured beach glass...

Pierced Wasser & Clay Earrings

Vibrant teal Wasser glass rectangles suspended from

copper hangers and accented with textured clay discs.

Charcoal pierced Wasser glass, blackened steel

and hand painted spirit hole discs

Irregular pierced pieces of Indigo Wasser hoover over 

hooped Egyptian earthenware scarabs...

Taupe Window Wasser glass pieces, fancy bails,

textured stained clay ovals & pink Wasser

stalactite hangies...

Pierced grey Wasser triangles show off a pair of

hand painted spirit hole stoneware discs...

Melon Wasser squares married to hand painted

scroddled spirit hole discs.

A Past Earring Style Revisited...

The simplicity of Wasser glass shapes placed

over each other, 

 hovering colorfully above delicate

textured stoneware discs or spirit holes...

All of which

become animated by the wearer...

Not to mention 

the statement made in the wearing.

Not a Headpin In Sight!

Beach glass shards tumbled smooth and 

drilled with holes can make an awesome

pair of earrings!

This time it's beach glass buttons which

take center stage as an earring

component. Hand formed and decorated

ceramic clay discs hang in the balance...

Red Wasser glass - lightweight and festive - 

suspended from a decorative copper bail and 

brushed copper ring...

There's that red Wasser glass again, this

time along for the ride with incredibly thin

clay discs transfer printed with rice paper

patterning...

More on Making Earrings...

I love making earrings with my many Spirit Hole discs...

...accented with Wasser Glass shapes

and hand cut faux sea glass hearts from Emily Cohen.

The combination makes a fabulous 'look-at-me'

pair of earrings...

Not to mention lightweight and easy-to-wear!