The above photo shows the pendant part up close. The colors are a little truer to life in this photo - even though I took both photos at the same time from the same place.
The central stone is a Jasper cabochon with mottled colorations. The other seven stones that are bezeled on the pendant are also Jasper, in complementary colors. In addition to the glass Japanese Toho seed beads in various sizes, I have added topaz-color cut Swarovski crystals.
The two beads that hang from the bottom of the pendant are especially unique, and very pretty on both sides. I didn't want to cover up one of the sides, and they seemed to show best with a little light coming through them, so I attached them as drops.
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The back is finished with UltraSuede in a gold color, with additional peyote stitching around the entire edge to hide any thread stitches.
The bale is a graduated "ombre" design in peyote stitch, wide enough to accept two strands of the beaded lariat necklace.
This bead embroidered pendant was sewn onto Nicole Campanella's beading foundation called NBB in the Hawk Wing color. If you follow my blog, you know that I won't use anything else but Nicole's product - it's the BEST there is! You can learn more about it at: www.beadwright.com
