I had this piece of fire opal for probably 5 years now and is definitely a notable piece in my stash. With my recent spur of creativity, I decided to finally do this specimen justice. The gem's size is perfect for a ring and that was the direction this naturally went. The asymmetrical wiring design really compliments the organic shape of the gem. I cannot stop staring at this finished piece, it has such brilliant flashes of red, orange, yellow, and green against the neutral silver wire.
I splurged and got some double helix glass to experiment with from Nortel! Getting the different striking colours was harder for me than expected. It took a couple of tries to get it right with the striking and reducing glass but the results are so mesmerizing; the range of colours and the excitement of not knowing exactly what you will get out of the kiln is rather addictive. The petal beads and green/yellow bead were made with double helix, the rest had a nice dip in raku frit or was drizzled with melted silver wire. Needless to say, double helix is here to stay in my glass collection.
I have yet to combine wire wrapping and my lampwork until this necklace, shame on me for not doing this earlier! I think this one came out well but I can't take all the credit, my friend JT really advocated for me to put the two hobbies together as a present for his wife this past Christmas. The bead is an implosion floral bead with blue on ivory petals and the wire wrapping is ever so slightly asymmetrical (on purpose). ~SOLD~
