Hematite bracelet/anklet

I've had this post ready to be posted for some days now and I have to apologize for draggin' my feet on it.
This bracelet/anklet was born from a Bead&Button bracelet project Even the Odds, which I started on the 4th of July at our little get-together with some fellow beaders Lucy and MdmB, but didn't get too far at first, since it had been a while since I made anything with seed beads and there were a couple of very interesting magazines to scan through also. If you wanna read more about our little yakin'&beadin' party, you can visit MdmB's blog, where she gives a little overview and some pictures of what went down.
Anyways... a day later I finished the bracelet on my own at home. I made it long enough to fit as a bracelet for a guy or, in my case, as an anklet :D
I used the rest of the hematite cubes and some Delica 11/0 beads that I had also brought back from my trip to England, but hadn't gotten a chance to use yet. The piece feels really nice and heavy and cold to wear. For me, the jewelry has to have a neat feel to it - that's part of its beauty and character. I also love the way the light plays off the hematite beads.

See postitus oli juba valmis paar päeva tagasi ja pean vabandama, et nii kaua venitasin sellega. See käeehe/jalaehe sündis Bead&Buttoni projekti järgi, mida Lucy ja MdmBga koos eelmine nädal meisterdasime (kes tahab üritusest täpsemalt lugeda, võib piiluda MdmB blogist, kus ta natuke jutustab ning pilte näitab) Alguses mul ei saanud vedama selle keega, polnud kaua aega seemnekatest midagi teinud ning oli muudki huvitavat teha :D Päev hiljem ma lõpetasin selle kodus iseseisvalt. Tegin selle piisavalt pika, et mõnele meesinimesele soovi korral ka ümber käe mahuks, kuid minule sobib ta rohkem jalakeeks.
Kasutasin sinna ära kõik oma ülejäänud hematiidikuubikud ning ka Delica seemnehelmed, mille olin tagasi Inglismaalt toonud, kuid polnud veel kasutust leidnud. Kee on kandes hästi mõnusalt jahe ning raske, mis mulle meeldib. Minu arust lisab see ehtele ilu ning iseloomu. Ka köidab mind valguse mäng hematiidil.

Rudraksha and hematite

Some of you might remember.... from my trip to England in last November I had brought back some interesting beads - rudraksha beads, seeds of a large evergreen broad-leaved tree that grows in the area from the Gangetic Plain to the foothills of the Himalayas. I found them very interesting, but for a long time was unable to come up with a way of using them in my jewelry, since I had difficulty successfully matching them with any other material in my inventory. From the same trip I had also brought back a few strands of hematite cubes, which I hadn't had much more success in finding a use for. So yesterday as I was just going through all the beads and other interesting jewelry stuff that I have accumulated over the past year these two just miraculously found each other!! I'm tellin' ya, it was a love at first sight, a match made in heaven!!! :D I added some 2mm sterling beads, which brought the whole thing to perfection. But that is just my humble opinion and I better let you be the judge.
It is a simple design and just an easy stringing job, but it's not always the complex extravagant wire work that creates the effect, but the beauty in simplicity and harmony of materials.

Mõned teist ehk mäletavad veel.... oma novembrikuiselt reisilt Inglismaale tõin ma tagasi ühed huvitavad helmed - rudraksha helmed, mis on Himaalaja jalamil kasvava laialehelise igihalja puu seemned. Kuigi nad olid minu tähelepanu köitnud, ei osanud ma pikka aega neid oma ehetes kasutada, kuna mul ei õnnestunud leida nendega kokkusobivaid materjale. Samalt reisilt olin ma kaasa toonud ka paar nööritäit hematiidi kuubikuid, millele ei osanud ka leida õiget kasutust. Aga siis eile, sorteerides oma helmevarusid ning muud ehtekraami, mis sul aasta jooksul kogunenud on, leidsid need kaks ühtäkki teineteist! No ma ütlen, lausa armastus esimesest silmapilgust!! Ma lisasin veel 2mm hõbehelmeid, mis viis asja täiuseni ;) Aga see on vaid minu tagasihoidlik arvamus ning eks igaüks otsustagu ise. Disain on lihtne ning töö oli kerge helmeste nöörile lükkimine, aga alati ei loo efekti keerukas traadiväänamine, vaid lihtsuse ilu ning materjalide omavaheline harmoonia.