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simple string #14

Name: simple string #14
SKU: 13927
Price: 66.75 USD
Availability: InStock

Original price was: $89.00.Current price is: $66.75.

Categories: necklaces, simple string

I really wanted to do another warm tones necklace • & there was that lovely tigerseye bead to use • & the fall leaf beads really ARE very pretty • this one was fun to make

“So powerful, in fact, is simple string in taming the world to human will and ingenuity that I suspect it to be the unseen weapon that allowed the human race to conquer the earth …” — Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years

They’re not strung on string but they’re definitely strung. I couldn’t resist the reference to one of my favorite nonfiction books. Very much worth reading.

(remember what i said about the warm tones? i really did manage more of those in this collection than usual)

Availability: Only 1 left in stock

it's made from:
it's this big:

• the copper wire is from my brother-in-law, who used to fix diesel generators for a living • to him, it’s scrap • to me, it’s YAY FREE WIRE

• many of the beads came home from Pennsic with my roommate • a talenti jar full of POSSIBILITIES

• there are also beads from my Aunt Ann • & from a friend named Elizabeth • thanks y’all!

• the findings also came from Aunt Ann’s stash • if you need nickel-free findings, or a particular style of hook/latch/fastening • just let me know, I gotchu