Making the cage to hold the agate was a little harder than I thought it would be as I wanted to make sure that it would never fall out. The half hard copper wire is a little harder to make good 90 deg folds than perhaps a dead soft wire but is much stronger.
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| Creating the cage on the back |
Taping the existing wrapped wire to the stone helps keep things in place. A few coils makes the back very pretty.
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| Holding it all together |
At this point I started deviating from the original design. Making coils and wrapping wires, trying to balance out the piece by eye.
Changing the location of the drop bead, and adding an extra coil to the bottom looked more natural to me.
It turned out beautiful.
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| finished back |
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| finished front |
I tried a few different cords and chains with the completed purple agate pendent and decided that only a made to order chain would look best. Having a few of the beads I used for the drop off the pendent I added them to the chain with a few accent beads to create the perfect accompaniment.
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| just a little bling |
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| handmade links and clasp |
Don't you love how you can wear it front or back showing? I wore it out to dinner last night and received numerous compliments, I'm keeping this one for myself.....it is purple after all, my favorite color.
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| Purple Agate Pendant |
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