Saturday I was able to collect my latest batch of pendants and buttons. I'm really happy with some of the results. Including a bunch of buttons, I collected around 70 pieces - so its going to take awhile to photograph them all properly and edit the images for posting. Not to mention I'm playing around with different cords/chains etc. for hanging - which I'll get into in more detail later.
As I said in an earlier post, my intention with some of the new pieces was to "hide" the holes by which the pieces or pendants are strung on cords. So the emphasis is on the piece itself, and you're not distracted by seeing a hole (its hard to work a hole into an underglaze design and have it make sense). I spent an hour or so this morning on Queen West looking through various bead shops - I ended up at the old Toronto classic, ARTON beads - ok, we're talking a whole new world for someone like myself who really has no idea about the world of jewellry findings, and all the options that are available to someone who is not a silver smith and can't build everthing from the ground up. I bought some sterling silver clasps - to use in combination with sterling silver coated steel that is then nylon dipped - this is very pretty, and super strong.
