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These pendants are made with beads that, for whatever reason, make me think about dragons and dragon eggs and all the fanciful, fantastical, whimsical tales and stories and myths that I've loved all my life. A dragon egg can't just be your everyday garden variety egg egg, can it? It should have a really nifty sheen to it, or emanate some kind of inner glow or be shimmery and ethereal. My dragon-love started out with "Puff, The Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary and has only escalated throughout my life and I take it very seriously. When I put a bead in one of my Dragon Eggs pieces it's because it has touched that place in my heart and mind that loves dragons, treasures them and cries at the end of "Dragonheart" every time even though I KNOW the ending.
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Sterling silver pendant with lampwork bead by By The Sea Glass Art
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Sterling silver pendant with boro glass bead by 3 Muses Glass
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Sterling silver pendant with boro glass bead by 3 Muses Glass
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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One of 12 commissoned by my father
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Back to Parent Page:  Precious metal jewelry by Bent, Warped & Twisted
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Now that I've finally found a lampwork artist whose beads are perfect for my Dragon Eggs series and really speak to me and breathe life into my jewelry I can finally get back to the business of making Dragon Eggs pieces.
The spectacular SOLID lampwork focal in this particular pendant is a BIG honker. As the lampwork artist calls these beads, a handful of happiness! It measures 23.4mm by 16.9mm wide and it's got an amazing touchy-feely quality about it. The encasing clear glass not only magnifies the twisty raku swirls but also gives them an absolutely hypnotic effect. This spectacular bead was made by Elly Peters - ellyloo to you! It is mounted on 18K yellow gold with a custom-altered 18K yellow gold bead cap, Crystal AB Swarovski® crystal rondelles and black onyx.
We LOOOOOOOOOOVES IT, My Precious! ;)
Oh yeah - the title's no reflection on the bead, it's the title of one of my favorite songs of all time!
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My jewelry is Bent, Warped & Twisted - just like me ;) My website and forum and online gallery are still sort of under construction but the chat room's open for business, feel free to drop by!
Many of the pieces you see here are available in my Etsy store, if there's a piece you're interested in that isn't in my Etsy store drop me a line and ask about it, I may just not have gotten around to listing it yet! I do try to put "sold" signs on the pieces that are no longer available :)
I LOVE WORKING WITH LAMPWORK. It's not just a love, it's therapy. Marrying my love of jewelry with the art of lampwork glass and wire work is cathartic, relaxing and compared to a shrink, it's CHEAP! It's also something I can do with ALL of my kids that really makes our family time especially fun, and it fosters the importance of crafting and artistic expression in them in a time when an appreciation for true quality work and attention to details seems to be falling by the wayside. When they see the work that goes into it they have a much deeper appreciation for it!
I wish I could take up the torch myself but thanks to RA and the meds I take for it playing with fire would be not only dangerous but kind of stupidly irresponsible. Besides, someone has to BUY the pretty beads that all those wonderfully talented torchers make!
I try REALLY hard to give props to the glass artists who make the beads that I use in the pieces I make and put in my gallery but if you recognize your beads in my work and for some reason I had oatmeal for brains when I did the writeup and didn't acknowledge you PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I believe in giving credit where it's due and I couldn't make a bead out of Play-Doh and I'm not going to let anyone think I made these beautiful glass jewels that permit ME to put them in pieces of jewelry. I'm very fortunate to have had just the right beads tell me to come and get them, it's a moral imperative that I give their creators the proper respect!
Amy Bozarth
2605 Union Point RD
Union Point GA 30669 US
Phone: 800-759-6869
http://www.bentwarpedandtwisted.com
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