Experimenting

I've been experimenting by trying to see what sorts of things I can do by adapting the cocktail ring making method. These are made using 1mm wire. The bracelet will remain unfinished as it was difficult to get the wire to bend into the correct size, so I chopped some off to try and create a bracelet that you push onto your wrist and it ended up being a bit messy.

I've been limited by the beads and material available to me but have just bought lots of different coloured beads and jewellery findings from two good online shops: http://www.beadsdirect.co.uk/ and http://www.beadsunlimited.co.uk/ These have all sorts of materials for jewellery making as well as example projects you can try. I'm particularly excited about making a necklace and bracelet from these Italian Millefiori beads and glass lamp beads: