'Not for Sissies' Necklace - An Idea Evolves
2 Years of Simmering Sometimes ideas sit and simmer. Sometimes for years and then they need to be revisited. 2 years of moving these beads around my studio After cleaning off my work space in the studio many small containers of red beads appeared. A couple of years ago (you know how time flies...) I had a idea for a necklace. One group of beads I made were thin discs cut from a floral cane. They cured on small muffin tins so they flared and ruffled. The smaller thicker red discs and some much smaller round beads were added. Then I stopped. Probably a different idea got my attention and the red beads sat there. Several times over the following weeks and months they were moved from place to place. Then thinking about having to sand all those beads before I used them made me wonder exactly how I would put them together. There were times I wondered why I just didn't throw them away. But there they ...