Rope Bezel Update

Tree Agate with chenille rope bezel

Here's the finished product. I showed you a picture of a beautiful tree agate bead I wanted to bezel with a chenille rope in my post More Uses for Beaded Ropes .  I'm very pleased with the way it turned out, but I'll never use chenille stitch for a bezel again.  It just doesn't offer a good configuration for placing beads to close in the cab.

With the bezel around it, a scene seemed to pop out of the bead.  I see a valley framed with trees and bushes.  I hadn't noticed anything but beautiful marbling before.  Strange what a frame will do for a picture.

Blue Opal with tri-RAW rope bezel and strap

Here's the finished blue opal with the tri RAW rope bezel and tri RAW rope neck strap.  I'm in the process of creating a tutorial for this one.

Next on my bead mat is a very irregular chunk of malachite that I'm going to try to bezel with a RAW harness and frame with a herringbone rope.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one.  I've tried various bezels on this one and have, so far, been unsuccessful.

Too Many Ideas

I don't have any pictures to show you today.  The weather yesterday was abysmal with freezing rain turning to snow and high winds.  No sun and, as I mentioned, my light box just isn't set up to take pictures from over the subject.

While I'm waiting for my bicones to arrive for my cube bracelet I showed you, I started a pendant with a blue opal cab bezeled with a tri RAW rope.  Not bad for the first time trying that particular stitch, though I did have to walk away a few times and come back to figure out how to join the rope.  My eyes got so tired I couldn't see anything so I had to quit for the day.  Hopefully I'll have some pictures by Monday.