Handmade Designer Necklace - Combining Opaque and Transparent Glass

 

The necklace above is one of the series of "Pipe Dreams" . The blue vintage Murano glass beads form a centerpiece that is the focal point of the necklace. The sterling silver and crystal add sparkle but do not intrude on the centerpiece.  I love color and each " Pipe Dream" is a different color combination.  In the necklace above, the centerpiece is monochromatic.  All the beads are the same tone, but the small beads are opaque and the larger center bead is clear blue glass.

People worry that a necklace with color will not go with many outfits.  I say - not true! This blue color can accent any outfit.  It is especially good if you have a tiny bit of blue in a scarf or  a little sparkle of blue in your eyes or in your earrings.  Picture this necklace with chartreuse or yellow with matching blue clear glass earrings.  Perfect!

New Handmade Designer Necklaces; Lightweight , Colorful and Sexy !.

Have fun wearing "Pipe Dream" necklaces.They are made of sterling silver, vintage Murano glass, and Swarovski Crystal.   The centerpieces come in triangular, circular, and. teardrop shapes.

All colored beads are from a private collection of Murano glass beads circa 1950-1970. Textures of these beads are satin, granular, matte, transparent glass and opaque glass.

Colors are fabulous . Coral and white pearl, bright yellow and white polka dot, fuchsia and peach, turquoise and wedgewood blue, olive chartreuse and red, and white, black and red.  They come in small and large sizes and can be made to order.

Each necklace comes with earrings. Chartreuse earrings enhance the necklace shown above.

They're eye candy!  Price range is $65.00-$125.00 for necklaces $35.00 for earrings - a bargain! Custom size and colors can be ordered for an additional $25.00.

If you want more information, or are interested in purchasing  necklaces or earrings, please send your contact information to me in the" Comment" space below and I will get back to you. Free Shipping. Full refund if returned in 10 days.

AFRICAN BEADS on BBC. PROGRAM CALLED "GHANA'S ANCIENT BEADS"

April 16 or 17,2010 the British Broadcasting Company did a program on African Beads from Ghana.  The program is called "Inside Africa" and the segment  is "Ghana's Ancient Beads Back in Vogue".  You can see it on cnn.com/inside Africa. Not only do you learn about beads, the program is an interesting quick visit to Ghana.

Some of the quotes were "" It's not just colors. Where i'm from, if you wear something like blue it's purity,white is fertility, gold is wealth. I know what it means so it is precious to me." Tairee

There is a "culture of sankofa in Ghana." It means "go back and retrieve what you've left behind".  Ernestina Anafu, bead shop owner . She was referring to the long history of beads in Ghana. The gold color Bodum glass beads, shown in the adner-bergart.com necklace above, represented weath and were owned by African kings. They are at least 100 yrs old. The turquoise center bead and the rectangular olive green beads are new recycled glass beads .  The turquoise glass beads are Czech circa 1920 and the rust satin finish beads are Murano glass circa 1950.

Handmade Designer Necklace - Mali? Ceramic and Recycled Ghanian Glass Beads

I promise!  This is the last blog about the black ceramic gift beads(see blog below).  After struggling to do justice to the gift of ceramic beads and completing the task to my satisfaction, I noticed these rectangular olive green and maroon Ghanian recycled glass beads lying around .  I couldn't resist, and I combined them with the black ceramic beads from Mali and added Czech  round light and dark green glass circa 1920 and olive green satin finish  Murano glass circa 1950. It took no time at all. Guess what - it sold immediately! What is the moral of this story?