Necklace I made

[margecat]

I'm into Mongolian culture, and I find lots of inspiration for jewelry in their artifacts. The necklace is based on ancient Mongol leather armor. The armor had overlapping leather tabs, with a piece of silver metal in the center of each tab . I stamped the leather in a basketweave pattern, then dyed it, and hand-sewed the metal onto each tab. It was a PAIN to make!

 

[Silver Crazy]

Thats pretty neat.
I did a jewelry making course back in my school days and never forgot it..like to start it up again when I retire.
Love the Celtic designs as well, be similar to the Mongolian to make. Are the metal pieces hammered out and engraved or are they cast??

 

[Jcatbird]

Very nice! Sewed onto leather? Wow! Not easy.

 

[Jemima Lucca]

Very creative and detailed!

 

[neely]

Very attractive, how long did it take you to make the necklace?

 

[muffy]

It's beautiful.

 

[Elphaba09]

Beautiful! That takes some talent!

It reminds me a little bit of Berber and Kuchi necklaces. I used to perform tribal fusion belly dance and have a few pieces. I actually wore a Kuchi necklace for my wedding jewelry.

 

[Winchester]

Very nice. I really like it. You put a lot of time into that piece and it shows.

 

[mani]

Unique and such a lot of work. Well done!