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For this I used Ivory glass. |
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Focal series |
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Etched focal |
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Focal |
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XL lentil Focal |
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Focal bead |
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I love enamels , the textures they leave, the surprise you get when they react with the glass. each bead is different. |
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A sculptural focal bead with the design of a bird. |
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Focal bead |
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Focal |
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This is a little 2 some set. Graphic and playful with a distinctive African flavor. |
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Graphic and playful with a distinctive African flavor. |
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Graphic and playful with a distinctive African flavor. |
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Focal mask with enamels and copper leaf, and pure silver overlay which gets fired on! |
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Moon Focal |
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Focal |
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Just a focal! |
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A long focal with amethyst blue enamels handmade murrini flowres a little purple. |
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Focal |
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A long cigar shaped focal made with Apricot , Terra2, stringer and handmade murini. |
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Clear aqua blue glass with black/white twisty stringer detail and latice stringer. |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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paying with homemade frits! |
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Focal |
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Reds, blacks, oranges, enamel, dichroic glass and Handmade murrini make up the arty focal. |
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A focal with autumn amber colors, silverglass and silver mesh. |
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Focal bead |
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A small set of autumn mood beads |
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Focal |
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I made this bead purely out of a mistake, I blew a shard and it popped before it was blown out properly I found the shape so interesting that I put it onto a bead, looks like an avangarde snail to me! Now let me try and repeat this |
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Focal |
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Earthy focal with lots of enamels and detail. |
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A bird focal, made with twisty stringers and dots. |
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This is a focal with bubbles on the surface and on the inside, it has a wonderful depth to it. |
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these beads are so voluptious and almost luminous! I really enjoy looking at them. |
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set of three |
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Just a fun bead with enamels |
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Focal bead 37mm lentil shaped |
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Focal |
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Focal bead! |
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Well it is Summer in South Africa after all! The beach is calling to me.... |
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The metallic shimmer ofset against the enameled background make for a nice contrast in this bead. |
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Well not quite, but I did get the inspiration from a beetle! |
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Chaos style bead |
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Its the right time of year, at least in S.Africa where the birds are all nesting! I have been inspired to make these birds on their nests and I really enjoyed making them. |
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Its the right time of year, at least in S.Africa where the birds are all nesting! I have been inspired to make these birds on their nests and I really enjoyed making them. |
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A delightfuly colorful sculptural bird bead, made with silverglass and transparent purple and blues. |
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Fun Focal! |
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The focus is on getting that wispy feather look! |
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Another in the series of toem pole beads |
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Actualy just a classic black bead! |
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Focal 37mm |
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37mm lentil focal |
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A little blowfish! |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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A gorgeous focal with silverglass handmade twisty and encased partly in clear. |
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Focal |
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A cigar focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Sculpted swan bead! |
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Focal |
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With Lampworked beads ! |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Another focal owl totem bead to add to my collection! |
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Focal bead |
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Just having so much fun making the totem pole beads. |
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Having fun with copper mesh! |
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I used bubblegum pink as a base with terraII shards and some other details. |
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Focal |
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Just having more fun with this style. |
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A bee focal!! |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal |
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A focal with silver glass pleats and encased in clear. |
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Focal |
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Some really reflective cat eyes! |
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Focal |
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XL lentil focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal 37mm |
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Abstact focal |
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A funky fun focal bead decorated on both sides. |
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Focal |
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Focal set |
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Focal! |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal |
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another copper mesh focal! |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal bead |
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Warm brown tones ane some copper mesh. |
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I'm off to go and make one right now! |
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Well I have been busy on and off all week on these beads and some extras for earrings and a bracelet. It is a custom order, and now I'll just relax as the school ends today for the summer holidays! |
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Focal |
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Transparent dark brown with enamels and pure silver overlay. |
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This pendant has silvered ivory, triton silverglass for the mirror finish, handmade murinni,and copper mesh. |
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A long tab bead, with a lot of funky colors and some silver mesh. |
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A nice large oval focal with blues and greens and enamels. Decorated with handmade murrini and white flowers. |
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5 free form beads. They have a metallic lustre hard to photograph once again! |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Huge Focal |
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Focal |
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Lentil shaped focal 39mm |
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My favorite coppermesh! |
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Somewhere between a dragon and a fly! |
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A fantasy focal made with silver glass and blue aventurine (gold stone) and encased with lauscha clear this leaves a beautiful shimmer under the glass. The winged creature is made with silverglass and frit reduced to give a mettalic lustre fitted with blue wings of transparent glass. the eyes are made with handmade murrini. |
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A distinctive focal with a dragonfly the wings are made with dichroic glass,to set a really earthy tone the background is caramel with red and black enamels and frit. |
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Focal bead with amongst other things paladium. |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Its a really mood setting bead, made with amber transparent glass, white enamel and a moon made with silvered ivory stringer |
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Enamels,silverglass stringers and partly etched. |
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Enamels and stringers, such fun! |
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Focal 37mm |
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37mm Lentil focal bead |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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37mm focal |
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A pretty posie! |
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Large lentil focal bead 38mm |
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A glittery pleated focal bead made with blue aventurine glass and silverglass encased in clear and pressed into pillow shape. |
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Focal bead |
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experimentation with a technique developed by Sherry Bellami with copper mesh. we are awaiting her tutorial, but in the meantime have come up with this. |
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Focal |
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XL lentil focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal bead |
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It was a fun set to make! |
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This elegantly long pendant has copper mesh copperleaf enamels, aventurine stringer, handmade murinni, TNT2, triton glass for the silver mirror effect and clear Lausha glass. |
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A fantasy bird sculptured bead. A really great collectors piece. I have used dichroic glass transparent orange and black with enamel. |
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Focal |
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Ivory with feather detail |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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A magnificant focal deep with meaning of a wonderous first night, the first stars appeared as diamonds amongst the beginnings of new planets..... |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Of course with my favorite silver glass and handmade murini! |
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A really wonderful bead to wear with jeans and anything earthy. It has copper pieces added and copperleaf, enamels, twistie, terraII and triton silver glass for that mirror finish. |
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Focal |
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Focal set |
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Focal 37mm lentil shape |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Surf's up! |
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(2 images) |
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Lots of silver glass and intense black stringer! |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal |
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Focal with silver mesh. |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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focal set |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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A focal with my favorite Triton glass. |
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Focal bead |
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A focal bead with flowers murrini blues and greens and enamels, its fresh and light. |
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set |
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I actually made a finished piece for a change for myself. |
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Arty focal! |
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Focal bead |
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Moon focal! |
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37mm lentil focal |
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37mm focal lentil |
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Set of 20mm round beads |
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just playing with enamels and textures |
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Focal |
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I had such fun making these they are so colorful! |
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Sandblast set |
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Sandblast set |
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Sandblast set |
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Sandblast set |
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Sandblast set |
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Sandblast set |
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A XL lentil focal bead |
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Focal |
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Focal bead 30mm |
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Focal |
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A focal bead! |
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Focal set on silver choker! |
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focal 37mm lentil |
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Focal set |
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Large lentil focal bead 37mm |
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Focal set |
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Focal 37mm |
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A funky focal almost a little retro! |
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I love the colors that you get with TerrnovaII |
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Focal set |
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Focal |
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Set of beads |
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A set of beads which reminds me of ice lollies! |
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Silverglass encased with silvermesh. |
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Focal |
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just a happy set! |
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Soft colors and etched for effect. |
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focal |
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Focal Bead |
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seto of 20mm rounds |
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Silverglass and terra glass |
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37mm focal |
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Just a Focal |
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An owl focal! |
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Just a focal! |
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37mm lentil shaped focal |
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focal |
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A focal! |
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Focal 37mm |
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Focal bead |
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Large focal bead |
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37mm focal |
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37mm focal |
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Focal |
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A funky focal! |
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Just A pretty focal bead |
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This is a really liquid set lots of transparent glass with metallc detail, the set looks better in real life! |
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Focal bead |
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focal bead! |
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5 freeform beads, with impresionist little ponds. |
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Focal bead |
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Just a nice freeform earthy bead with some copper mesh etc.. |
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A fun and bright focal to make you feel positive. |
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Focal bead! |
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XL lentil focal |
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Set of 8 beads |
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This focal is handmade with sterling silver mesh, gold aventurine stringer, triton glass, which leaves a highly shiny surface, handmade murinni, and lauscha clear. |
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I made this bead with lots of silverglass ,copper mesh, raku, terra2, aventurine stringer and some lauscha clear.I have added sterling silver Bali end caps and silverplated wire to finish it off. |
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Focal 37mm |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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A set of warm chestnut brown and lightblue beads. |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Twosome set |
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Set of 6 beads |
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My 2nd mermaid, available on Etsy. |
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A mermaid sculpted out of ivory glass on a transparent amber base with a shard of silvered ivory. |
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This reminds me of cuttlefish! |
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Loving this effect! |
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A focal bead with silverleaf, handmade murinni, silvered ivory stringer and twisties.the bead is indented at the top , on the black background it is not so obvious! |
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The triton reflects like a mirror contrasting with centre which has enamel and other detail! |
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Focal! |
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A focal bead with Monarch butterfly, the hole runs along the top. |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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This is a realy rugged set of beads, made with black, triton and terranova2 |
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Ivory shards lavender purple with cobalt enamel,the mood is set for a moon-lit night! |
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Set plus focal! |
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37mm focal |
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focal |
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37mm lentil shaped focal |
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37mm bead |
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Focal bead |
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Focal 37mm lentil |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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This set just reminded me of 20000 leagues under the sea. |
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Focal bead |
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I have used silver reduction glass and clear frit, blue aventurine,coppermesh and clear glass to encase. |
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Coppermesh and gold leaf focal. |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Large letil shaped focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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huge focal |
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20mm round beads made with triton and leaf green and ivory with some intense black |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal bead 22mm sphere |
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Focal set |
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A wise little ivory owl perched high up in the tree. |
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37mm lentil focal |
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37mm lentil focal |
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Focal |
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I have this today.. |
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Scuptured bird bead which speaks for it self, it just is a picture of peacefulness. |
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Focal bead |
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Focal 37mm Lentil shape |
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Focal |
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Focal lentil bead 37mm |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Pleated focal bead sculpture |
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The feather bead focal is made with a black base covered with silverleaf and copperleaf which leaves this gorgeous mottled effect. The feather....well its a little secret. |
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Focal |
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Fun focals |
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Crazy focal bead! |
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A focal bead with deep transparent purple, splashes of silver glass and light blue ribbons all encased in the finest lauscha clear glass |
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set of 6 |
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XL focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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A large focal with enamels and some reduction silver glass. |
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Focal |
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Large focalmad ewith mt favorite silver glass "Triton"and Terra2 |
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37mm Lentil |
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Focal bead |
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This is a focal made with shards, stringer and reduction glass, encased in clear. |
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Focal |
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This is just a fun bead, and cheerful to look at. |
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37mm focal |
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Focal |
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All is white and Christmas is comming closer, the reindeer are out to night! |
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Reptile scales encased in a teardrop pendant made of silvered ivory. |
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Focal with 3 layers of glass and detail. |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal 37mm lentil |
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Focal |
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focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal bead 37mm |
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Focal 37mm Lentil |
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Focal bead |
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Set of beads |
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A focal bead with reds orange, enamel handmade murinni and stringer. |
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Focal bead |
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A nice earthy focal with enamels, fine stringerwork, a handmade murinni and transparent dots. |
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lampwork beads on salad servers |
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focal |
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Focal 37mm Lentil |
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A cheese set with lampworked beads. |
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Nyx twisty on black glass with silver foil. |
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Focal |
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6 beads and a focal to match. |
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Focal bead |
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large lentil focal |
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Round beads with NYX wound around them, it leaves a incredible metalic shine. |
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Focal! |
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A fairly plain but to me still interesting bead! |
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This set was made for Sigi and hope she likes it! |
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A focal with silver mesh, leaf and clay! |
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This is a very metallic set but dificult to photograph! |
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Focal! |
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focal |
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A sculpted african mask made of moretti glass with pure silver overlay |
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My first bead with silver overlay paste. |
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focal bead! |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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A focal bead earily beautiful! Made of moretti glass and lots of enamels with gold reduction stringer for a metalic shine. |
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I have been inpired by talk of snow, and some Christmas cards I bought. |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal set! |
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A set of 5 round beads 20mm |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Hot and spicy, is what comes to mind,I'm mad about this color. |
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This has the feeling of water droplets falling in a pond! |
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Focal |
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XL lentil shaped focal |
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Out at sea the waves are building ever higher, lightning crosses the sky, we take comfort in the thought that tommorow the sun will shine again |
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37mm lentil |
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Some sugar spoons with lampworked beads |
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focal set |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Focal set |
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A 2some focal set. |
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focal |
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Focal |
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A focal bead with copper mesh and reduction silver glass. |
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A arty rustic sculptured focal of a swan. |
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The swan's magestic beauty sings a song of love... |
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An elegant sculptural focal bead of a swan. |
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Cigar shaped bead. |
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Focal |
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Focal bead |
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I have made this focal bead with terra2, enamels, fine stringerwork and silver glass the suface is quite reflective, and the colors of the terra are wonderful. |
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A mystical tear drop from the weeping willow tree, rarely seen by anyone never by humans until now...... |
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Teardrop pendant |
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Focal! |
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Large lentil focal bead 39mm |
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Focal |
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focal |
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37mm Focal bead with set to match |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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37mm lentil focal |
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A focal bead |
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Having a ball making totem beads! |
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Focal 37mm Lentil shape |
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Focal bead |
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Focal bead |
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Just a nice big ball made with some triton glass in it and ivory with intense black. |
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focal set |
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The beads are encased and have a lot of depth. |
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Roses! |
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37mm lentil shaped focal |
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Focal |
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Focal |
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Twisty focal bead |
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Focal |
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A focal |
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Little focal set! |
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A focal with a high metallic lustre and ribbons of blue aventurine inbetween. |
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focal |
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Focal |
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Silver mesh and silver glass focal |
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Focal bead |
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Large focal |
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Focal bead! |
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Focal |
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Some organic beads today |
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Focal |
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An autumn focal with flower detail.Made with silverleaf and enamels. |
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A focal with enamels and flowre detail |
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This pendant bead has silverleaf Terranova-II, handmade twisties, handmade murinni and is finished off with sterling silver bali beads. |
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A focal |
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(2 images) |
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Focal |
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Everybody loves owls, of which I am one, We have 2 Barn owls living in our chimneys, so here is my little sleepy owl, made with moretti glass and enamels and the eyes are made with handmade murinni. |
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Focal bead |
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I have been inpired by talk of snow, and some Christmas cards I bought. |
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Pleated detail, terra frit, and encased! |
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focal 37mm |
 Artist:
Astrid Riedel
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Thanks for taking a look at my beads.
If you would like to purchase any of my current beads go to my items on Etsy
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