This was an entry into what BBS (Baltimore Bead Society) calls a "challenge".  The challenge was to find an example of art deco design and recreate it as jewelry.  I used a filagree shape which I cut into quarters, added a fringe made of chain at the bottom and seed beads at the top.  (This could have gone into the Filagree Dreams project as well.)

Examples of filagree components that can be combined, shaped, or cut to create jewelry.

Examples of filagree components that can be combined, shaped, or cut to create jewelry.

Another attempt to layout the necklace...

Second attempt to layout the necklace...

Laying out the design to get a sense of how it would look...

On display at the 2023 MD State Fair!  Blue ribbon First Place and Yellow Ribbon Best in Show for that category.

Here is the entire set: necklace, earrings and bracelet - the bracelet was a different technique involving carrier beads similar to the New Orleans Necklace. Here you see the earrings and the necklace are made from the triangles. The necklace focal point was just a slightly larger variation on the earrings.  Notice that the black crystal drop is attached at a different point on the earrings versus the necklace.  The black seed beads and crystals act to tie all the pieces together!

I personally love to wear sets: earrings and necklaces that match, or bracelets and earrings that match, or all three that match! The idea for the earrings was to use each of the logo colors in a single triangle.  The necklace focal point was just a slightly larger variation on the earrings.  

I chose to create a triangles for each of the logo colors, using black as the uniting color.  Each triangle was made before being joined into a necklace.

This is partial image of the bracelet made of components created by shaping and wrapping wire. Notice the common component that helps create the shape of the bracelet and serves a base for the dangling components.

These are a few of the shapes and components made from shaping and wrapping wire. 

These are a few of the shapes and components made from shaping and wrapping wire.

Probably the second thing I created using polymer clay.  Here I combined it with chain to create the necklace. 

One of the first things I created using polymer clay. Used plastic cord to create the necklace. 

Just another example of bead embroidery.  This is a pin.  Notice that the bead colors of the embroidery around the stone center matches the stripes in the stone.

Bead Embroidery Piece in final stages - most of the embroidery has been completed.  Next comes the final additions and trimming.

Here several rounds have been added to each a little different and using a different type and color of bead.

Black "stiffy" material served as the base - horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines help to center the design. Coin is glued to the base material and the first few rounds of embroidery have been added.

Needed to experiment with a different colorway...these colors grabbed me.

Again, using my favorite colorway to create ruffled loops that joined together form a necklace.  A single ruffled loop is used to create the earring.

This set uses beads known as daggers and crystals.  

Created using tila beads wrapped around the hoop earrings. In my favorite colorway...

Seed beads, crystals, and pearls...buttons are used to form the closures.

More items made in my favorite colorway...bangle bracelets and earrings. 

Black, Red and White is probably my favorite colorway...this is a scar made of seed beads and duo beads using a netting technique.