Beginning of Something New...

Something new here. It's a photo of very early stage of work. I'm practicing little branches of beads.

Midagi uut. See foto on päris alguses tehtud. Siin ma harjutan helmestest oksakeste tegemist.

Pastel Color Crystal Jewelry Sets

I've been busy working on these crystal jewelry pieces. They're awesome because you can wear it everyday! Available as bracelet and earrings separately and as a set. And these bracelets are great to stack and layer with single row bracelets.

As you already know I'm really fond of the antique Prosser beads that were made in France and Czechoslovakia from 1860 to 1950s (also in Italy and Germany but I haven't got any in original package). Just love their a bit rustic look, milky color and glossy finish. Combining genuine antique beads with high quality Swarovski crystal rhinestones creates a beautiful contrast.

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 Here you see crystal jewelry sets all packed in brand new boxes.

Sets come in colors of Red, Pink, White and Green.

Perfect to give them as gifts! Get yours now from mdmButiik shop!

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 These crystal earrings are great because you can wear them everyday. 

They are small, measuring 1,5cm, but big enough to be notice ;)

These crystal earrings will also come in a gift box.

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 Here's a photo of the crystal charm bracelets together. Yummi!

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I keep the Prosser beads that have no box in these drawers. So when I want to use them

 I scope some into a little china dish or take the whole drawer out if I'm needing more beads.

Olen usinalt valmistanud kristallidega ehteid. Need on nii mõnusad, sest neid saab ju kanda iga päev! Saadaval nii komplektina kui ka eraldi, nii käekett kui ka kõrvarõngad. Neid käekette annab suurepäraselt kuhjata näiteks üherealiste kettidega.

Nagu juba ilmselt mu blogi lugejad teavad, siis meeldivad mulle nn Prosser helmed meeletult! Mu kogus on helmeid, mis valmistati Prantsusmaal ja Tšehhoslovakkias alates1860 kuni 1950 (neid tehti ka Itaalias ja Saksamaal, kuid mul pole õnnestunud neid originaalpakendis saada). Mulle tohutult meeldib nende pisut robustne välimus, natuke piimjas värv ning läikiv pind. Kombineerides neid antiikseid helmeid kõrge kvaliteediga Swarovski kristallidega, tekib huvitav ja kaunis kontrast.

Vintage Czech Seed Beads

Here is a recent purchase of vintage Czech seed-beads. These came from Germany.

I've seen that this kind of bundles of beads are sometimes called as master hanks. Because they consists from many smaller hanks that have many strings of beads.

There were many steps when creating these kind of beads. The hole of the beads was created during the drawing of the tube, either by blowing air into it or by pressing a metal cylinder lengthwise into the center of the glass cylinder. The glass tube was pinched from both ends so the air got trapped in the tube. The glass tube was then pulled long and thin while hot. The cross-sections of the tubes were round in the beginning. These beads here have cross-section of six sides. The glass tubes are then cut into little 2-3mm pieces and faceted behind the grinder. These seed beads here had a special metallic coating as well.

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 Masterhank of seed beads from Czechoslovakia. Beads have six sides, faceting and a bronze finish.

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 Here's a closeup. The main facets come from the glass tubes cross-section being 6-sided. 

The facets that are added casually to corners were grinded.

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 This dark bronze seed beads are quite heavy. Can you imagine the amount of work that went into these?
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These beads shimmer so lovely!

Siin on hiljutine ost Tšehhi seemnehelmeid. Ma sain need Saksamaalt.

Olen märganud, et selliseid suuremaid helmeste "vihtusid" nimetatakse vahel "master hank", sest sellised koosnevad mitmest väiksemast, mis köidavad kokku mitmeid niite helmestega.

Selliste helmeste tegemiseks kulus mitu erinevat sammu. Helmeste auk tegemiseks tehakse klaasvardasse auk, tuubi otsad näpistati kinni, et õhk jääks sinna lõksu. Klaas tõmmatakse pikaks ja peenikeseks. Klaastuubi läbimõõt oli alguses ainult ümar, hiljem lisandusid teised võimalused. Need helmed siin on näiteks kuusnurkse läbilõikega. Kui klaastuub on saanud õige pikkuse ja läbimõõdu, lõigatakse see 2-3mm pikkusteks tükkideks. Need helmed siin on veel lisaks lihvitud ja kaetud erinevate metallik-värvidega.

Antique Pink Hollow Glass Beads

These sparkly hollow glass beads are sometimes called mercury beads. I first thought that silvered hollow beads were only used for Christmas ornaments. But when I got these I had second thoughts and browsing through the web I found out these were used in embroideries (!) These are blown from a hot glass tube that is in a mold. Hot glass takes the shape of the mold and a row of beads are created. After inserting a color or silver into the tube, the beads are separated by cutting.

These kind of beads were used in clothing embroideries pre 1920-30s but were eventually replaced by plastic sequins and components.

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 Here are the beads I used in a pair of earrings

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 The frosted finish of the bigger beads makes them look like they're glowing!

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 Beautiful shades of orange and pink are joined with Swarovski crystal rhinestones in Light Peach

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 The round hollow beads are really tiny!

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 The crystal earrings weight so little because of the hollow glass beads used!
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 I'm so thrilled to use antique glass beads in these earrings

Neid sätendavaid puhutud helmeid nimetatakse ka "mercury beads". Alguses arvasin, et sellised seest õõnsad helmeid kasutati ainult jõulukaunistuste tegemiseks. Kuid neid helmeid siin käes hoidsin, siis tekkis kahtlus ja kui internetis ringi vaatasin, leidsin, et selliseid helmeid kasutati edukalt tikkimises (!) Need helmed puhutakse õõnsast klaatorust, mis asetatakse vormi sisse. Kuum klaas võtab vormi kuju ning ühest klaastorust tuleb terve rida helmeid, mis on üksteise küljes kinni. Pärast seda kui helmeread värvitakse seest poolt värvi või hõbeda-ühendiga, lõigatakse helmed üksteise küljest lahti.

Selliseid helmeid kasutati rõivatööstusest enne 1920-30ndaid, ning asendati plastikust litrite ja muude kaunistustega.

Work in Progress

Here's a photo I made of my table. As you can see, I'm making earrings! And there's more earrings to come! But meanwhile, stop by my Facebook site mdmButiik Jewelry and say hi!

Siin on väike klõps my töölaualt. Nagu näha, olen kõrvarõngaste lainel! Ja neid tuleb veel juurde! Aga vahepeal käige ka Facebookis mdmButiik Jewelry lehel ja öelge tere!