Finally – how’s this for a bittaglitta?
Technically this comes under the heading of ‘textile’ since it is a mesh construction which forms the collar part of this necklace. Covering the strands of the mesh are silver lined little longish glass type beads and tiny opaque coral and turquoise coloured beads. The same beads are used in the ‘tassels’ which are actually round clear glass or plastic beads, over which there are maybe 12 or more covered strands laid from hole to hole over the curved surface. Anyway, thanks to my new chilean friend, Fernanda, who took me gallery hopping on the last day I unearthed this treasure, or rather it leapt off the shelf into my arms and insisted on coming home with me. Rationale – I am doing some beading classes just now, and this is a very inspiring piece….. it’s a sample, really. But no way will it languish in the box with my lace samples….