Masculine Ndebele Bead Necklaces

As this is my first post I hope that anyone that sees this will enjoy it.

I make necklaces as a hobby and I use glass seed beads and recently have tried antique cooper and brass rondelle crimp beads. Soon I will have some antique bronze rondelle crimp beads to play with. I think i have a unique product.

I will use mainly Japanese and Czech glass seed beads ranging from size 10/0 to 15/0. A necklace may have as few as 2000 beads to 3500 beads depending on the size used and the finished length.

I use a beading technique called tubular ndebele/herringbone both in conventional and spiral forms. A necklace may take 7 - 25 hours or more to complete. Time depends on patterns, length and size of beads.

ndebele
ndebele
herringbone

herringbone necklace