Comments on: Tribal Inspiration for Jewelry https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Rosanne Moore https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/#comment-596034 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:12:30 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=55313#comment-596034 Thank you for reminding me of my Peruvian Pisac bead stash! I found the first ones about thirty years ago in a Memphis flea market. The internet has made it much easier to find sources and information about them. Most recently I have bought from Fire Mountain and an eBay seller who wrote a guide to how they are made (although the link didn’t work when I just checked). I haven’t done a bead cost comparison, but a lot of web sites are selling them. I noticed that the waxed cotton cord I used on my earliest large-bead necklaces cut a groove in the hole opening; if a bead is fired in an electric kiln the clay will probably be harder. I also found a very few Chinese blue/white and brown/white porcelain beads which copied the Peruvian motifs. Currently I like to use the smaller Pisacs to make myself quick stretch bracelets mixed with Czech glass, although bracelets can take a beating and the ceramic beads might crack.

]]> By: Christine Rehkop https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/#comment-596021 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:44:11 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=55313#comment-596021 Thank you ladies for your wonderful comments! I managed to find other vintage Peruvian beads, can’t wait to create more new designs soon.

Dianne H. – Artbeads.com has a good selection of leather cord as fine as .5mm.

]]> By: Dianne Haselfeld https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/#comment-595993 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:10:03 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=55313#comment-595993 Love the designs and colors. I have wanted to use leather in my jewelry making but have struggled with types and sizes. Can you tell me where you found leather that is so thin but strong enough to string these beads?

]]> By: Swun Kou https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/#comment-595990 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:46:33 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=55313#comment-595990 Love them too, both beads and designs.

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/tribal-inspiration-for-jewelry/#comment-595888 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:21:22 +0000 https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=55313#comment-595888 Christine, I love Peruvian beads too! They were my very first bead stash when I first started out. I love how you’ve designed around the Peruvian beads here. Great designs and color palettes!

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