Aren't they beautiful?
They're huge, like 32mm around.
They took a combination of patinas really well, saffron yellow with touches of rusty orange.
I'm going to make a statement piece with them, with a ginormous clay bead for the middle. Or maybe I'll turn it on it's side and make a woven tassel that falls from the middle hole.
Here they are in Verdigris;
I need a special cording to knot them on and maybe some ceramic discs to space between?
So many possibilities!
What would you do with such huge beads?
Those are really pretty, your ideas are great for them.
ReplyDeleteI know how i would use them but Can't seem to write the idea down to make any sense, but it has sparked an idea for the use of some similar size beads I have, that i'll work on today.
hang them as a focal - but i would have the hole turned towards the front, use a trapeze bail and add some fibers... but that is just off the top of my head! very cool beads! and beautiful patinas!
ReplyDeleteI bought some of these as well, to enamel! I'll put them on my blog when I actually get around to it. I hope the enamel takes to them!
ReplyDeleteI like the tassel idea a lot! But the truth is I would probably put them all in a bowl so I could just touch them. They are beautiful and I think I'd like to hoard them.
ReplyDeleteYou mean before or after I drooled on them? Those are totally gorgeous - I LOVE the verdigris ones in particular!
ReplyDeleteI just painted some of those with fire (enamel) a couple of weeks ago. I did half green and half blue. It turned out really neat. Since I was just playing around, I made it into a keychain for little man. They are really big, I wouldnt wear a necklace with that large of a bead...but you never know. I had them in my stash forever because of the size.
ReplyDeleteI love the patina on these beads. They are sooo cool!
ReplyDeleteSay, those are cute. Hope you don't get offended, but I'd incorporate the vintage brass beads into a handle for the bathroom light pulley. :D Just 'cause I've been thinking of making one with big beads. hehe
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!!!
ReplyDeleteJust left you an award on my blog: me but a little more indepth.
ReplyDeleteLove those -- I have some, not sure how big they are, but they're honkin' huge! I may enamel mine!
ReplyDeleteWOW, I am excited about this patina. Maybe a tutorial about it in the future?
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing! I'd just sit them on my bench for a while to look at them!
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