Bone & Brass Bead Fishbone Natural Brown Hemp Necklace Handmade Surfer Mens Mans

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Bone & Brass Bead Fishbone Natural Brown Hemp Necklace Handmade Surfer Mens Mans:
$5.00

New handmade ,one of a kind hemp necklace created with natural hemp cord, brown hemp cord, brass beads and bone beads. Adjusts with bead and loop closure from 16 to 22 inches. Ships USPS. Any questions please ask and have a great day.
Materials used in my work are natural and handcrafted whenever possible. I have 20 years of jewelry making experience and I create Artisan quality jewelry. Some of the beads you will find in my shop are as follows: Handblown moretti/ effettre glass. This is high quality Italian glass beads made locally here in Chicago by lampwork artist Michael Mc Dowell. Recycled Glass Beads from Indonesia and Ghana. These beautiful glass beads are handcrafted one at a time. Glass scrap is collected and crushed by hand into very small pieces called frit another name for ground glass.The frit is then placed in molds that have been coated with kaolin clay to keep the hot glass from sticking and heated in kilns until the glass melts. In some regions once the beads are removed from the kiln the beadmaker will now spin and work each bead into the right shape and form the bead hole with an awl all before the glass has a chance to cool. Sometimes the bead hole is made by inserting a cassava stem in the frit. This burns up in the heat but leaves a hole in the bead.The finished beads come in soft colors of blues and greens but also earthtones and some pastels depending on the available scrape glass. They have a cool handmade look with a finish that looks like frosted glass. Similar in appearance to beach glass but not as smooth.Bone Beads from Indonesia and Africa. These tribal looking beads are made from animals bones collected after the animal is naturally deceased. Metal Beads and Charms. I use only silver and lead free alloy which is a form of lead free pewter. Most of my metal beads are made in Tibet. Wood Beads. I use a wide variety of wood beads. I prefer the German and Japanese beads for their quality and colors. Assorted glass beads. Most of my glass beads that are not handmade by Michael are made in Czechoslovakia or Italy. Clay beads. I use fimo clay, Peruvian clay , porcelain and Raku hand fired pottery beads.I also use shell beads, gemstones, natural stone and marble.