Lisää korjattuja koruja! Korjattujen versioiden kuvat ovat surkeita (taas kerran), kuvat on otettu iltamyöhällä kovassa kiireessä. Valmiiden korujen kuvissa oleva läntti on kahden euron kolikko, jonka laitoin antamaan mittakaavaa.
Kevyet, värjäämättömät puuhelmet oli solmittu kalastajalankaan, yksi helmi oli ihan irrallaan. Puhdistin helmet varovasti ja pujotin ne ohueen vaijeriin. Koru on niin pitkä, että lukkoa ei tarvita, vaijerin päät vain puristushelmillä yhteen.
Kevyet, värjäämättömät puuhelmet oli solmittu kalastajalankaan, yksi helmi oli ihan irrallaan. Puhdistin helmet varovasti ja pujotin ne ohueen vaijeriin. Koru on niin pitkä, että lukkoa ei tarvita, vaijerin päät vain puristushelmillä yhteen.
Retro Repair continues! Again I have to apologize the poor quality of photos, they were taken late at night in a hurry. In the photos of the finished necklaces there is a strange spot: it is a two euro coin, placed there to give some scale.
First, let me introduce very lightweight, uncoloured wooden beads, which were strung in thin cotton yarn. One bead was left wandering alone. I cleaned the beads very gently and strung them to thin beading wire. The necklace is so long that no clasp is needed. I just fixed the ends of wire with crimp beads.
First, let me introduce very lightweight, uncoloured wooden beads, which were strung in thin cotton yarn. One bead was left wandering alone. I cleaned the beads very gently and strung them to thin beading wire. The necklace is so long that no clasp is needed. I just fixed the ends of wire with crimp beads.
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Next we have a classic right from the 60's: even the seams were visible in these big, dark blue plastic beads. The owner wanted her necklace to be longer, so I added fresh turquoise faux pearls between the big beads. I suppose the four small, dark beads were those, which had been between the big beads earlier. The necklace is strung to beading wire and has a silver plated lobster clasp.
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Näistä kirkkaan joulunpunaisista puuhelmistä tykkäsin itsekin, ja niin taisi tykätä omistajakin uudistetusta versiosta. Myös näistä hän halusi pidemmän, joten laitoin väliin mustat noppahelmet, joissa on kullanvärisiä tähtimäisiä kuvioita. Korun tein kullanväriseen vaijeriin ja laitoin kullanvärisen papukaijalukon.
Even to my own surprise I liked these bright Christmas-red wooden beads myself, and so did the owner like the new form I gave to them. She wanted to have more lenght to this necklace, too, so I dived into my treasure chest and harvested some black cube beads, which have gold coloured star-like ornaments. I used gold coloured wire and gold plated lobster clasp.
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These gigantic (25 mm) dark blue-green wooden beads gave me some challenge. I had to think hard what to make of them, because I didn't want the necklace look like a massive strangling collar. And to add my problems, the beads were quite heavy and had a huge hole. Finally I decided for a very modern variation by knotting the beads to doubled green satin cord to make a fashionably long necklace.