I bought the two beads used in this insect as singleton beads from a tub labelled 'oddities' by the seller. The larger bead reminded me of
a piece of a skeleton with the internal swirls and I felt that the round bead was close enough in colours to make the head for an insect
like creature.
I wanted to make something simple with these beads, but didn't want to make a necklace as I felt the piece would be too heavy, so I decided
to make a brooch instead.
I made my own brooch setting using 1.2 mm copper wire to hold the beads and to bend into the brooch fitting, as shown in the second photo.
The antennae of the insect were made using 2 pieces of 0.5 mm thick copper wire. They are simple but I think they work nicely with the piece
as it allows the beads to be feature more clearly.
The piece is about 5.5 cm (2.25 inches) long from antennae to brooch point.
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