I've been having a few thoughts about producing a small range of necklace sets called 'English Garden' Basically I want to combine various stylised flowers made in metal clay with some of the lampwork beads I have, using SowZerE threads

My Copprclay arrived this morning (on my day off!), so I've made a start.

Apologies for the poor quality of the picture it was taken on my camera phone, it's too late at night to set the big camera up.

This is a picture of the rosebud I am working on, I have literally put the basic elements together at this stage and I am waiting for it dry to hard. There are a couple of leaves to add which will, I hope, keep the face of the rose pointing outwards, and of course all the sanding and finishing. I have put it next to one of the beads it will go with to give you some idea of where I'm coming from.

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I hope you like what I've done so far.