Pendant created by *balthasarcraft If you wish to see more of her work please visit her dA page. She sells her pendants as well as offering trades.

I received the pendant as part of a trade. In exchange for pendants I make custom jewelry for her. You can see all the pieces made in these trades on my front page. I have an entire widget with each of them.

Now this may come as a shocker, but this piece isn't up for sale. *balthasarcraft made it abundantly clear this pendant must be made into a piece just for me. It is now the...eighth piece I have in my own personal collection. I've made hundreds of pieces of jewelry, but less than a dozen are for myself. It's a miracle I keep any of them. Why? So many of my creations are too pretty for me to keep. I want someone else to purchase it and wear it. This choker, however, is not available for purchase. ALL MINE!!! Muahahahahaha!!! I also made a match bracelet with bells, and will have that posted shortly.

Ahem.

I used transparent copper square cut silver middle seed beads in size 6 (I use only size six because it's what fits the cords I use), pink-ish copper colored glass pearls (6 mm, which is the standard size of round beads I use), cotton cord NOT HEMP, and of course the beautiful pendant.

The pendant made me think of old fairy tales, not the Disney-fied versions. Something from the old days, a story that teaches a lesson but also fills the imagination with another world. The colors are very romantic, and also struck a cord with the Dune fanatic in me. Like a desert sunset. With this I wanted to make the piece look like it had bursts of sunshine coming over the edges of sand dunes, and allow the visual texture to provide the most drama.

For those interested this was made using five cords folded over to make ten, and I used an alternating square knot pattern. Between the pearls are five half knots. Around each pearl I have five beads, then seven beads. Enough to provide a curve without warping.

Originally I wanted to have the pendant set up high like it's embedded in the choker, but the choker and pendant design didn't mesh well for that. The bead in the center of the pendant pushed it forward, and I had no way of binding the bottom of it without compromising the pendant itself. I made a change to the center of the design by putting beads on top of the choker but not on the bottom. I didn't want to overwhelm the pendant.

If you want something similar to this please contact me via note. I accept commissions and will be more than happy to make a custom piece for you.

Matching bracelet:

**For the critique please do not critique the layout. That has absolutely nothing to do with the artwork. Instead, critique the jewelry instead. That is the actual art. Not the pictures, not the layout.**

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