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After that I'll make the longer, plain pearl necklace that you see in the portrait as well. One of these days, it is my dream to have this gown reproduced, either by doing it myself (when I develop the necessary skills, I already have the pattern!) or by buying a reproduction (I found a seamstress who makes a pretty good reproduction of this gown but it's not perfect and it's also about $500. So I'll most likely wait until my own skills are up to the job!)
So, here it is, The Princess Elizabeth Necklace. My only concern is that I used pearls all the way around so I may also wind up redoing the necklace with the gold beads instead of the smaller pearls but I'm very happy with how the pendant came out. It was even more labor intensive than the brooch due to having to join several disparate brass pieces into one to get the right shape. Then those pearl drops at the bottom were a bit of a b*tch!
Hope you like it!
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Date: 2012-04-27 06:01 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-04-27 09:10 pm (UTC)From:However, it's been a while since I've done that style of work and sold or gave most of it away.
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Date: 2012-04-27 11:22 pm (UTC)From:I'm also working on a direct repro of Elizabeth's mother's (Anne Boleyn) famous "B" necklace and then going to make a personalized version with an "S" for myself (my last name begins with S). I have been looking for years to find a close enough B to reproduce that necklace! I can't yet do my own casting but I'm going to be taking classes (hopefully in the near future) to learn to do my own metal-smithing & casting work. Right now I have to find the right pieces and manipulate them by hand (pliers, cutters, solder and glue) into what I need. Still, I love the results so much that the work (sometimes painful) is so worth it to me!
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Date: 2012-04-28 11:35 am (UTC)From:Good luck with your "S".
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