This month's AJE Component of the Month challenge was from Rebekah Payne of Tree Wings Studio. She makes awesome polymer clay beads, but recently she has been making hand painted leather feathers. For this month's challenge, we could choose either a single larger feather, or a pair of smaller ones. I chose the smaller blue pair.
I wanted to make some bicone beads to match these feathers, but as soon as I got back from Bead Fest I started working my other job again, and quite honestly have not wanted to even look at my torch right now. I had these pretty round swirl beads that matched perfectly, so I went with them!
I knew I was going to make earrings, and wanted to figure out a wire wrap, instead of punching a hole in the feather. It took me a few tries, but this is what I came up with. If this is a technique that's already out there, please just bear with me! Here's what I came up with:
I folded over the tip of the feather, and made a wrapped loop. Here's…
I wanted to make some bicone beads to match these feathers, but as soon as I got back from Bead Fest I started working my other job again, and quite honestly have not wanted to even look at my torch right now. I had these pretty round swirl beads that matched perfectly, so I went with them!
I knew I was going to make earrings, and wanted to figure out a wire wrap, instead of punching a hole in the feather. It took me a few tries, but this is what I came up with. If this is a technique that's already out there, please just bear with me! Here's what I came up with:
I folded over the tip of the feather, and made a wrapped loop. Here's…