Reader Photos : wire work, Swarovski

Bracelet: Stella

Antiquity Travelers — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:31:00 GMT

Traditional triangular chevron chain from the April 2007 Bead and Button Issue. Fun and easy - only took an afternoon to make this pattern. I used Swarovski crystals, Czech glass rounds and Miyuki Japanese seed beads.

Wire wrapped swarovski crystal ring

melted — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:20:05 GMT

This ring is made with artistic wire 20 ga ended with swarovski crystal.

Wire-wrapped Cab

HannahK@5 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:14:47 GMT

This one I wrapped a little more than I usually do. I also added Swarovski crystals because I love a little glitz in everything I make. The wire is copper.

for the sun

noodlebead — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:50:50 GMT

wire , seed beads and shell , that what i use for this neckelace

Pinkalicious

Antiquity Travelers — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:10:59 GMT

This pair is perfect for any girl who just can't get enough pink! The chandelier hoops are adorned with 60+ pink Swarovski Crystals! The center piece is a large Swarovski flower pendent. Each dangle has cascade in 3 shades of pink finished with whimsical gold wire twists. They are finished with 18k gold posts.

Neapolitan

Antiquity Travelers — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:03:52 GMT

A contemporary hoop with shades of Neapolitan icecream. These are rich, gorgeous browns that cascade beautifully on a hot summer night.

This pattern is exclusively Swarovski crystal beads, that sparkle with a technique called the "Aurora Borealis crystal effect." Swarovski was inspired by northern lights, and worked in collaboration with French designer Christian Dior (1950s) to create this type of bead. The success on the catwalk was overwhelming, and this technique is what distinguishes these beads today.

These earrings are one of my personal favorites. I simply love the way they look on!

Round and RAW!

Shaktipaj — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:16:59 GMT

After reading Jean Campbell's Beading Daily blog post, I figured I could show some of my work which incorporates the two. I've been beading since I was very young - but wire is a siren song to me. I choose to meld the two in my work - it keeps me very happy!

These two little lovelies have their roots in RAW stitch - but go on from there to also incorporate textile techniques ( I designed and created patterns for knitwear for many years) All cold connections, hollow, sterling and Swarovski. I'll probably LOS the larger bead, too - but it is nice to see it shiny! I've included my plier tips in the pic for scale.

I'm going to echo Jean - how do you incorporate metal into your beadwork designs? Or Beadwork into your metal designs? :^) I wanna see!!!!!!

Perri Jackson

Shaktipaj Designs