Tin cup pearls better than a full strand?

[knotty panda]

Ashley, contact Cliclasp and see what she can do for you. I think there is a way to embed the key completely in the pearl. If not, then you could add spacers to the outside of the pearl which replicate the key and make it transparent.

 

[Ashley]

Wow, wonderful Thanks!

 

[airdancer]

What I'd like to do is create the 18-inch Tin Cup and a 7-inch Bracelet that would be able to seamlessly combine into one single 25/26-inch piece! I think that the versatility of the 3-in-1 piece may make that a hot ticket, and I love the bracelet idea.

I love that idea - although I don't wear bracelets. I think it would be nice for bridesmaids, if the bride is looking for a gift for them.

 

[boo]

Here is a close-up, jerin. Mickey Mouse hat style, as per Knotty.

 

[jerin]

Hi Boo and thanks for the close up but I still don?t understand:

These pearls are drilled throughout the pearl, if You use an eye pin, one side has the "spiral" but in your pic it looks like you have pins that are used on half drilled pearls, i.e. they look the same on both sides?

And what is a Mickey Mouse hat-style?

 

[robinmce]

Hi Jerin
It's not a head pin used. Wire is pulled through the pearl, then wrapped around the chain link to attach on each end. Like so..

the mouse ears are when the loops on each end are large! These are nice and small around the chain link.. so no big mouse ears!

 

[pearlescence]

Those are a really nice sort of coppery coloured pearl Robinmce - is the chain copper or rose gold - hard to tell in a photo?

 

[jshepherd]

This is how we have started putting them together.

The wire is wrapped to the chain from both sides of the pearl using a single piece of gold wire.



There is a space of about 1.5 inches between each pearl.



For a 16-inch tin cup it takes approximately 12 inches of chain and 11 inches of wire if the tab and clasp are wrapped onto the chain.

 

[robinmce]

pearlescence they are chocolate tahitians on rose gold from TPO. Very pretty!!
Jeremy..fantastic pearls!! Looks great!!
Robin

 

[Heidi]

Jeremy - I love the look. Very simple and elegant!

 

[airdancer]

I didn't know tin cups required so much work. They look so simple and elegant! Great colors, Jeremy!

 

[pearlescence]

the choc tahitians are delicious and I love rose gold. It is used a lot by arab women for their jewellery and when I go to Tunisia I can spend hours with my nose mushed against the windows of jewellery shops in the old jewellery quarters of the medinas, leaving trails of drool at the delicate work done

 

[jshepherd]

I didn't know tin cups required so much work. They look so simple and elegant! Great colors, Jeremy!

I don't think they really are too much work. I spent about three hours selecting pearls for seven different styles. I takes Hisano about 20 minutes to make each piece. There are a lot of elements in the total design. Each has to be taken into account to determine actual cost per piece. But it is not as bad as I thought it would be.

 

[Hanaleimom]

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Lovely pearls and nice work, Jeremy!

 

[Mka4972]

This is how we do it, 23 pearls drilled with 1mm hole and glued in place

 

[Ashley]

We use a technique similar to Jeremy's- I like the individual wire-wrapping, it's very secure.

 

[airdancer]

Mka4972, may I know if the pearls will come off because of the glue? One of my fw came off the post - I think I got it wet too many times.

 

[Heidi]

I don't think they really are too much work. I spent about three hours selecting pearls for seven different styles. I takes Hisano about 20 minutes to make each piece. There are a lot of elements in the total design. Each has to be taken into account to determine actual cost per piece. But it is not as bad as I thought it would be.

How do your current experiments compare in materials and labor to the station necklace you had awhile back - I think it was the Keira Knightly one, 16" long?

 

[pattye]

Heres a variation on the tin cup, made with quartz "ice cube" beads and pearls on a textured sterling chain. It was donated to a school auction earlier this month----
Used lengths of wire attached through the bead, spacer and pearl, just like Jeremy----


Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

 

[knotty panda]

New rule. Everyone who posts a wire wrap has to include gauge and wire temper (hard, hh, soft) 'cuz I'm gonna ask. I've been playing with wire a lot lately. Those quartz beads look heavy. Did you use 22 ga, Pattye? Thanks!