Ever since then I have wanted to bead another one in less sublter colours and finding some great crystals in New York recently as well as teaching it as a class was all the incentive I needed.
This one I beaded using a very light, transparent green cylinder bead combined with a steel-grey/ silver hex bead.
The crystal I chose is clear but has a gold/ green coating on the back which gives it a great light green/ gold AB shine.
As the green cylinder beads were so transparent I used a dark green thread throughout to ensure they would not "lose" any colour as I used them.
On the back of the piece I added extra rows using the contrast bead as I wanted to see it more and also as I wanted to see less of the crystal for an experiment in how that changed the look.
On the finished piece the silver beads look as though they are actually gold/ bronze as they reflect the green and gold of all the surrounding beads so much- no silver in sight!
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