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Liquid Silver Lariat Necklace From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-207

The completed lariat necklace.

Guest artist Gail-Ann Bradshaw shares her technique for creating a glass bead lariat necklace.

Materials:

150-170 pieces (0.5 oz) sterling silver tube, liquid silver 1 x 4 mm
16 pieces, sterling silver cylinder 2.2 x 4mm
6 cloisonné beads 4 mm or 6 mm
2 small flat round bead spacers
Carved barrel jade beads
2 silver crimp beads
4 decorative Czech glass beads preferably 8 mm or smaller
Possibly glue or rubber cement so that beads do not slip over liquid silver.
Needle nose pliers and scissors if pliers do not have a wire cutter
36 inch nylon covered stainless steel beading wire (0.31) mm strength

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. Center liquid silver on six inches of wire (figure A).

2. Add decorative bead to each end, then add 8 pieces of liquid silver to both ends.

3. Repeat step two a total five times. The necklace should have 26 inches beaded -- long enough to go over your head.

4. To make the lariat tie, run both ends of the wire through a silver cylinder, a jade stone and another silver cylinder.

5. For the "loose ends" to each end of the wire string, 4 liquid silver, 1 cylinder, 1 cloisonné, 1 cylinder, 3 liquid silver and 1 cylinder.

6. Place a crimp bead on each end.

7. Place a bead space on each end. Wrap the wire through the bead spacer and run the loose end of your wire back (tightly) through the crimp bead and cylinder above it (figure B).

8. Pull tight any loose space or slack in the wire or in the beads above in the necklace (figure C).

9. Use the needle nose pliers to crimp the crimp bead (figure D). Trim off any excess wire that was fed back up through the cylinder.

GUESTS :

Gail-Ann Bradshaw Krieger
Owner
Girls Against Boredom
E-mail: info@GirlsAgainstBoredome.com
Website: www.GirlsAgainstBoredom.com