Beaded Kumihimo Necklace with Button Closure

Transparent enamels allow the texture of embossed fine silver to show through the cloisonne enamel design.

This style of micro macrame features Cavandoli tapestry knotting.

Sterling silver end caps and beads hug a cloisonné enameled bead, strung on a sterling silver cable.

Cloisonné enamel and a moonstone are suspended within a swoop of silver wire.

Sterling silver and tiny glass beads form this micro mosaic. A dichroic cabochon rests in the center.

A spiraling shell form in silver is combined with a deep green Chrysoprase gemstone cabochon.

Cloisonné enamel is created within a fine silver setting embellished with a garnet.

A fused and textured silver shield hang below a Cavandoli tapestry knotted free form panel.

Brass, heat patina-ed copper and sterling silver disks combine in these earrings.

A close look shows abstract hearts hidden in this cloisonné enamel design with fine silver wires.

A red jasper triangle is mirrored with a stepped design made with Cavandoli tapestry knotting.

A beaded Kumihimo braid links to a gemstone strand with Bali silver end caps.

A large Jasper cabochon is echoed by a glass bead micro-mosaic in this pendant with a sterling silver setting.

This necklace combines Cavandoli tapestry knotting with silver, an agate slice and a faceted garnet. It is combined with freshwater pearls and citrine beads.

The pendant is made with a carved, hollow bead from Murano, Italy. It may be removed from the fully beaded Kumihimo braid.

The center portion of this necklace is a fiber/bead braid combination, which changes to sections of freshwater pearls. The removable hollow blown glass bead is made by Tom Boylan.

Tiny glass seed beads are used to create micro mosaic designs in these earrings. The settings are sterling silver.

Magnetic clasps allow this necklace to be worn 2 ways. When attached it is a longer necklace. As an alternative, the center lamp worked glass bead portion may be separated and worn as a bracelet.

The hollow blown glass bead is made by Tom Boylan. The large sterling silver bail allows the pendant to be removed from the Kumihimo braid.

A collection of glass seed bead micro mosaics, all in sterling silver settings.

This micro mosaic is made with tiny glass seed beads hand set into a sterling silver setting. A square cabochon of lapis lazuli rests in the center.

This micro mosaic is made with tiny glass seed beads hand set into a sterling silver setting. It features a dichroic glass cabochon.

Glass bead micro mosaic is embedded into a sterling silver setting. The lower portion combines layered textured silver shards and silver balls.

Brass, Sterling silver and copper are combined in these layered earrings. The copper disks are heated to create a deep red patina.

Sterling silver settings are home to circling micro mosaic designs with faceted peridot accents.

Tiny glass seed beads form a micro mosaic design set into sterling silver. This pendant is accented with small amazonite and turquoise cabochon stones.

Fused and textured shards of silver above, bead micro mosaic below, with a lapis lazuli cabochon.

Silver snowflakes are layered between brass and hematite beads in these earrings.

Leaves and flowers are made with transparent and opaque enamels in this pendant. An inverted spectralite teardrop is suspended below.

Beads, micro mosaic and Cavandoli tapestry knotting combine in this necklace with pendant.

Disks of sterling silver, brass and 14k gold-filled textured metals are stacked together.

The fused dichroic glass has layers of shimmering color. The pendant may be removed from the bead strand.

Tiny glass beads in two sizes form a geometric design within the sterling silver oval settings.

A polymer clay pendant with a sterling silver bail hangs from a leather cord.

Copper, brass and sterling silver shield and disk shapes are layered in these earrings.

Cavandoli tapestry knotting is topped with fine silver and 14k gold. The pendant hangs from a strand of rhodolite garnets.

Earrings with glass bead micro mosaic and turquoise cabochons in a custom sterling silver setting.

Fused sterling silver, agate and citrine form the pendant portion of this necklace. It hangs from a strand of faceted citrine beads.

Curving layers of color echo the striations within the lace agate at the top of this necklace.

Brass, Copper and 14k gold-fill combine in these earrings.

A garnet cabochon nestles in a micro mosaic pendant.

Mirror images create a geometric design.

Sterling silver and 14k gold-fill disks top amethyst beads.

The beaded Kumihimo braid, and pendant assembly may be worn in 7 different ways. The next image shows the removable components .

Combined with a chain, the pendant components may be worn in different configurations, and the braid may be worn alone or with portions of the pendant.

Cavandoli tapestry knotting combines here with jasper and lapis lazuli.

A large carnelian bead is suspended from a tapered panel of Cavandoli tapestry knotting.

One of my own glass cabochons is centered in this micro mosaic pendant. It is removable from the glass bead strand.

Bronze shells were created from a casting of real shells. They float inside a bead micro mosaic.

The beaded Kumihimo necklace features handmade glass beads made by US beadmaker JC Herrill.

These combine 14k gold-fill, copper and hematite.