I finally got around to properly documenting all my handmade books, most of which by now have seen better days. I have more info about the process of each on my blog, but feel free to commont if theres something I missed!
More pics, more books
Old books
I finally got around to properly documenting all my handmade books, most of which by now have seen better days. I have more info about the process of each on my blog, but feel free to commont if theres something I missed!
More pics, more books
Hemp Necklaces Part Deux
Ok so I was bored and got the 2nd design done....twice. I like black hemp but since Shannon and I have to wear lilac for a wedding and I had some lilac-ish hemp I'd try one in black and one in lilac.
The black one came first, and I used a more ornate first bead, also bigger, to give that chandelier look.
And yea just to amuse myself I made the lilac one. I've been making necklaces too long today, the lilac only took 31 minutes, probably 45 if you count wrestling with a jumpring for the pendant. It also has a few more beads because the knots are tighter and I used a smaller first bead.
And now I'm off to make something else, something not jewelry hopefully.
The black one came first, and I used a more ornate first bead, also bigger, to give that chandelier look.
And yea just to amuse myself I made the lilac one. I've been making necklaces too long today, the lilac only took 31 minutes, probably 45 if you count wrestling with a jumpring for the pendant. It also has a few more beads because the knots are tighter and I used a smaller first bead.
And now I'm off to make something else, something not jewelry hopefully.
Hemp Necklaces
So I like to weave, so I went the hemp route instead of metal working for now. My first attempt was a necklace for the Photo Senior Show, I ended up finishing it for something else. I'm mostly using black hemp because black goes with everything. I used blue for the filler cords, made a nice little pop of color along with the silver of the camera charm. All the knotting I believe is just alternating the direction of a bunch of half knots.
For the second necklace I found a design that used a Lark's Head knot to attach the cord onto the charm/pendant. Next was a few Josephine knots, they were suppose to lay flat but yea...I hate Josephine knots. The original design also called for two of them with all 8 cords. There were many harsh and vulgar words with 8 cords, so I changed it so there was one Josephine knot on each grouping, 4 is much easier to work with. And after the Josephine knots on the original design it splits off anyway, so I just started early. Since I chose a chandelier pendant I wanted a design that kind of looked like a chain. This one worked nicely, instead of typical beads that hemp jewelry calls for, I used little acrylic crystal things, held on with jump rings. After each jewel are half hitch knots I believe. The original design also made a much longer necklace, so after the last jewel I went in with more half hitch knots instead of the Josephines the design called for. The necklace was finished off with a Josephine on each side just to tie everything together.
Each necklace probably took a couple hours and thats it. Oh and the second one is one I plan on wearing to Cyan's wedding :) Well after playing with one more design, that'll be posted later, once I actually work on it.
For the second necklace I found a design that used a Lark's Head knot to attach the cord onto the charm/pendant. Next was a few Josephine knots, they were suppose to lay flat but yea...I hate Josephine knots. The original design also called for two of them with all 8 cords. There were many harsh and vulgar words with 8 cords, so I changed it so there was one Josephine knot on each grouping, 4 is much easier to work with. And after the Josephine knots on the original design it splits off anyway, so I just started early. Since I chose a chandelier pendant I wanted a design that kind of looked like a chain. This one worked nicely, instead of typical beads that hemp jewelry calls for, I used little acrylic crystal things, held on with jump rings. After each jewel are half hitch knots I believe. The original design also made a much longer necklace, so after the last jewel I went in with more half hitch knots instead of the Josephines the design called for. The necklace was finished off with a Josephine on each side just to tie everything together.
Each necklace probably took a couple hours and thats it. Oh and the second one is one I plan on wearing to Cyan's wedding :) Well after playing with one more design, that'll be posted later, once I actually work on it.
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