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Cord for lampwork beads
I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little
silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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I've been using that, too, lately. It hangs better, IMO, than leather
cord, and looks good with a single focal and one or two accents. Cheers, Carla Lara wrote: I like to use a braided cotton cord. I don't know the name, but it comes in brown and black and in the middle is monofiliment. I like to pull this out so that I can get a better knot and so that it drapes better. It holds up very well to lampwork beads. Lara -- ================================================== === Check out my eBay auctions under user ID: lutrick Or click on the link: http://snipurl.com/8fa3 "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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Black Neoprene doesn't have the plastic look, it's matte. Double satin
ribbon shouldn't scratch. I don't think coloured leathers are wrong. Any and all of your ideas sound fine, just different from each other. I'd add one more suggestion: velvet ribbon. -- Marisa (AU/NZ) www.galleryvittoria.com "She who dies with the biggest stash, wins." I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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I've been using 1-2mm black pleather cord. It doesn't crack, is finished
nicely, and drapes really well. Beads made with 1/16" mandrels fit really well on the 1mm cord. The larger holed beads fit well on the 2mm cord. I got my pleather cord on ebay - from javabead, I think, or beadaholique. Both are great sellers. You can get the cord end crimps from beadaholique - sterling silver works best. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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I have one of Kandice's bracelets that she made with pleather. I've worn it
a lot, and I'm hard on bracelets because of all the work I do restoring/repairing our house. The pleather gets wet all the time, and has had a couple of pretty good tugs, too. So far, it's held up great and still looks really nice. And, Tina, I agree about the "plastic" look of some of the colored cords. I have a small length of blue buna cord. I don't like it at all for exactly that reason, though I've heard others rave about it. I'm going to try designing a bracelet where the beads are fixed with tiny bits of the blue buna showing in between--I think that might look good. But I sure wouldn't use buna for a single focal with a couple of other beads. It's very "plastic," as you say. "Kandice Seeber" wrote in message ... I've been using 1-2mm black pleather cord. It doesn't crack, is finished nicely, and drapes really well. Beads made with 1/16" mandrels fit really well on the 1mm cord. The larger holed beads fit well on the 2mm cord. I got my pleather cord on ebay - from javabead, I think, or beadaholique. Both are great sellers. You can get the cord end crimps from beadaholique - sterling silver works best. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:57:05 -0500, Christina Peterson wrote
(in message ): As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". Once again, Barbara F-L came to the rescue with a tiny group buy of neoprene cords. I bought black cords in a very small diameter (2 mm), and some eggplant cords in 4 mm. The dark colors are very nice, not at all cheap looking, and didn't have that "plastic" feeling that I think you mean. I really love them, and have been playing with the cords, trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with them. The cords were pretty inexpensive, a couple of dollars apiece, and are finished with sterling silver ends. Barbara, could you help me remember wher eyou bought the cords? I thought it might be Thunderbird Supply, but I'm not 100% sure. Another "cord" I've been using is 1 mm sterling silver snake chain. I've been buying them 10 or 20 at a time on Ebay, and they're as cheap as the rubber cords. I put one lampwork bead on a chain as a present, and it looks wonderful. Takes all of three seconds to do, too. :-) Kathy N-V |
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Oh, yes, I've been using the 1mm sterling silver snake chain, too - it's
wonderful. Classy and not too expensive if you find the right sellers. I got mine for about $3 each for the 16" lengths a few months ago. Drapes wonderfully - like liquid! -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". Once again, Barbara F-L came to the rescue with a tiny group buy of neoprene cords. I bought black cords in a very small diameter (2 mm), and some eggplant cords in 4 mm. The dark colors are very nice, not at all cheap looking, and didn't have that "plastic" feeling that I think you mean. I really love them, and have been playing with the cords, trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with them. The cords were pretty inexpensive, a couple of dollars apiece, and are finished with sterling silver ends. Barbara, could you help me remember wher eyou bought the cords? I thought it might be Thunderbird Supply, but I'm not 100% sure. Another "cord" I've been using is 1 mm sterling silver snake chain. I've been buying them 10 or 20 at a time on Ebay, and they're as cheap as the rubber cords. I put one lampwork bead on a chain as a present, and it looks wonderful. Takes all of three seconds to do, too. :-) Kathy N-V |
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Christina Peterson wrote:
What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? I've used turquoise goat thong for several years (thank to a big ball of it I bought) and it's held up *very* well, knots and all. I've tied little Bali beads on either side of an accent lampwork or silver pendant, and it's easy to finish it nicely with wrapped sterling wire and clasp. It does darken a bit, but it's still turquoise. Not as exotic perhaps as silk, etc. but very durable. Mary T. 8-) Aunt Molly's Bead Street http://www.flash.net/~mjtafoya eBay: seriousbeader |
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I like leather or leatherlike stuff personally, though I will never knot
again after I lost one of my Tink beads when a necklace came undone and got lost in my cleavage! At the moment I am trying out the neoprene stuff which I bought a roll of, but I dont really like that either. I dont think it looks as nice as leather and undoes even more easily, I nearly lost another necklace the other day. So I now have an order in for some more of the cord crimp ends whcih are perfect and look nicer than a knot too. I am also more grateful I have a large chest - put there especially to catch badly knotted necklacesG :-) -- ally website: www.alcom.demon.co.uk |
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I don't recall coming across it. Does it have a specific name, or can you
suggest a source? Tina "Lara" wrote in message ... I like to use a braided cotton cord. I don't know the name, but it comes in brown and black and in the middle is monofiliment. I like to pull this out so that I can get a better knot and so that it drapes better. It holds up very well to lampwork beads. Lara -- ================================================== === Check out my eBay auctions under user ID: lutrick Or click on the link: http://snipurl.com/8fa3 "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... I have some focals I'd like to feature simply on a cord. With a little silver and maybe a couple accents. What is a good cord to use? For myself I'd probably just want to put it on a soft leather or suede cord, and just knot it in the back. Even make it up as the mood strikes me. Some of the more nicely finished leather cords crack with use. I've also seen nicely finished rubber cord. Satin cord snags too easily, and I worry about the scratchiness of ribbon. And then there's color. I think of leather in blacks and browns. Lighter colors of leather get darkened by oil, and even a little dirt -- especially suede. Red still seems like leather, or else a cut. What do you all think of purple leather or turquoise or green? Does it feel like a wrong color for leather? As I said, I've seen very nicely finished rubber cords. And it seems to come in a lot of colors. But while the black rubber sounds "nice", the colors seem kind of "plastic". I love to hear thoughts on this. Tina |
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