A Trip To The Perth Bead Fair

This month I went to the Scottish bead fair in Perth. The fair doesn't have to much in the way of Gothic jewellery items to purchase, but there is enough to make unique Gothic jewellery. So just because there is nothing blatantly Goth that stands out I did  find skull beads, teeth beads (in the shape of fangs) also drop beads in red, black or purple, red drop beads are great for making vampire bitten necklaces with the drop beads dangling, to represent the blood dripping down. There was also a stall that sold polymer clay. I bought all the black polymer clay. I have a lot of jewellery projects that require the black polymer clay. Whilst wondering around the stalls much like any other woman I was looking at all the sparkly beads and bought a few. Also while wondering around I went to a glass work stall, I stopped to have a look and I saw how much fun it looked, the person making a glass pendant and just how they made it look so easy. I will say that it is harder than it looks, the person who was making the glass pendant has been doing it for about 20 years. It's a skill I'm also looking to acquire a few years down the line, I will be experimenting with glass clay to make pendants hopefully next year. I just love the effect glass can give a Gothic piece of jewellery especially reds, blues, greens and purples even some pinks!. I say it like that because I'm not to keen on pink (not that I hate it). Me and my soon to be mother in law caught up with the silver clay jewellery teacher that taught me so much two years ago, I talk about this experience in my very first blog. 

Now I'm sure your wondering after your little trip to the fair Raven did you make anything with your goodies!. Well yes I did!. Now I said I saw lots of sparkly things well one of those sparkly objects was a rivolos. Its a very sparkly bead that you can use in bead weaving or in polymer clay. Well I used it in the polymer clay I purchased.

      I also made some earrings with grinning skull beads with amethyst drop beads. Also some grinning skull beads with glass crystal style drop beads 

 

I also made some teeth necklaces they are fun and funky especially because there are different colours. I also wire wrapped the beads for that bit of added decoration.

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Keep it spooky children of the night.