As a Design Partner for Artbeads.com, I was presented with a challenge to create a piece using Pantone's fall color palate. The choices were difficult as there were so many to choose from. I ended up choosing Kimora Lee Simmons' interpretation of "Chocolate Truffle". This palate is characterized with plums paired with bitter green and midnight black. To tie in with the fall theme, I added luxurious copper.
The main component of my piece was hand blown furnace glass beads from Fire Designs in Purple. These beads were so smooth, uniform and deliciously yummy to work with. The inside holes vary and the purple stripes are very bold...the perfect bold statement to your piece. Keeping with Ms. Simmons' interpretation, I added fire polish faceted beads in olivine and matte black.
To add my own interpretation of the color palate, I added copper. Lots of copper. I began with copper plated chain, which is a copper plated base metal chain. I selected the Big, Medium, Small oval link chain for this piece to add texture. Then, I wired all the beaded components with copper wire, sprinkled copper beads, copper bead caps and Swarovski 5000 crystals in Copper (which have a fabulous, fiery aurora to them) in with the "charms" and added a couple hand wired copper loops over the chain for more texture. For the clasp, I used a copper plated toggle and while wiring it to the chain, added a few more olivine fire polished beads.
For the final touch, as you can expect, I took a vintage button from the 1950's and wrapped it with natural brass filigree (so as not to hurt the shank). This component was added as the focal point in the piece.
This piece will be offered in my shop just in time for the holiday season, so keep updated!
Disclaimer:
As a blogging Design Partner, Artbeads.com has furnished these supplies to me free of charge for my honest review purposes. I have not been paid or compensated by Artbeads.com in any way, shape or form.
