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Safari in Africa
Design by Candie Cooper
Get in touch with your wild side with this unique safari necklace!
Materials
- Bronze bezels: 1 rectangle, 4 tiny round, 1 small clasp with hook
- 40 (3–5mm) assorted brass heishi spacers
- Wooden beads: 4 (12mm) round, 2 (1 1/2-inch) rectangular
- Gold/copper glass shards
- Decorative paper
- 2 elephant charms
- 2 small brass leaf embellishments
- 8 brass jump rings
- 18-gauge brass wire
- 15 inches bronze chain
- Paper plate
- ICE Resin kit
- Round-nose pliers
- Chain-nose pliers
- Wire nippers
Finished Size
16 inches (including clasp)
Instructions
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Cut pieces of paper to fit inside each bezel; place papers inside bezels. Place bezels on paper plate. Glue charms and leaves inside bezels as desired; add glass shards. Note: Use caution when handling glass shards as they are very sharp. |
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Follow manufacturer’s instructions to mix resin. Carefully fill bezels with resin. Let dry at least 24 hours before touching. |
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String a small brass spacer, large brass spacer, wooden bead, large brass spacer and a small brass spacer onto 18-gauge wire. Form a small loop at end of wire. Slide all beads against loop and trim wire approximately 1/4 inch past first bead. Form a small loop. Repeat five more times for a total of six wooden bead links. |
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Cut a 7 1/2-inch piece of chain. Separate 15 links from leftover chain. Open a single link and slide on a brass spacer; slide link onto center link of 7 1/2-inch chain; close link. Repeat to attach seven links on each side of center link. This will be the top center section. |
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To form bottom center section, open a loop on round wooden bead link and attach to one side of rectangle bezel; close loop. Repeat on opposite side of bezel. Use jump rings to attach round bezels to opposite ends of round wooden bead links. Use jump rings to attach rectangle wooden bead links to opposite sides of round bezels. |
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Open a jump ring and slide on end loop of rectangle wooden bead link and one end of 7 1/2-inch chain; slide a round bezel onto ring before closing. Repeat with opposite end of chain. |
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Use jump rings to attach round wooden bead links to ends of round bezels. |
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Cut two 1 3/4-inch lengths of chain. Open end loops on round wooden bead links and slide on chains; close loops. |
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Open end links of 1 3/4-inch chains and attach clasp hook to one end and small bezel clasp to other end. Close links. |
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Sources: Chain, bezels, brass spacers and findings from Objects and Elements; wooden beads from Blue Moon Beads; brass wire from Beadalon.
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Barb Switzer
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