Slowly Putting Together Some Altered Domino Necklaces

I’ve been so busy lately. I really felt like I needed to get a little more art into my routine. I had created some altered dominoes for a “how to” demo on this blog. I really wanted to get some of the necklaces finished.

When I pulled out scraps of mulberry paper and I saw the light blue, I went ahead and pulled out some delicate blue beads. The beads were a pleasant surprise I discovered in a sewing basket filled with buttons. Someone else had already taken a necklace apart and saved these little blue beads. How do I know that they came from a recycled necklace? They had little bits of string inside a few of them.

I liked this little green parrot and I thought he would do well on the blue background. I saw some of this birds while I was in Central America. Although they were often among the trees, the skies were so blue and clear…when it wasn’t raining. Close-up you can see the fibers inside the paper.  You can also see how closely the parrot is cut out of the paper.  I like my images to blend right into the background.

Wire-wrapping is a very time-consuming activity. Usually when I use such fine wire, I don’t wire-wrap an entire necklace. The blue was such a delicate color that I thought it was appropriate to make a very simple and fine necklace to go with the beads and green parrot domino pendant.

You get a very intimate view of your beads when you wire-wrap.  It’s sort of “Zen” experience.  I really fell in love with these delicate light blue re-purposed glass beads.  The color is really quite lovely.  What a wonderful frame for this beautiful green parrot!