What could be better than the summer season to take time out and do things we never have time to do the rest of the year? How about creating some simple DIY jewelry? In this tutorial, I'll teach you how to make a necklace with seed beads and cowries. It's THE necklace to wear this summer by the sea. So if you didn't know how to use cowries, I hope this tutorial will inspire you!
As you can see, this cowrie necklace is a very easy piece of jewelry to make, and you won't need much equipment to do it: a pliers kit, pearls, cowrie shells, a few primers and you're done! Well, actually, it's a bit more complicated than that, but the steps below will enable you to follow the tutorial step by step. What's more, cowrie shell jewelry is ideal for sharing a moment with friends or family, without any headaches.
You can, of course, personalize this DIY cowrie necklace by changing the colors and sizes of the shells and/or the number of cowrie shells on the necklace. In fact, I've included a variation on this necklace to show you just how many variations there are. On this variant, I've decided to use just one cowrie shell as a pendant and to make the necklace with two colors of 8/0 seed beads. So feel free to make it your own.
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Cut about 45 cm of nylon thread. On one end, thread a bead to be crushed, then a proection of cabled wire and pass your thread back through the bead to be crushed. Use flat-nose pliers to crush the bead.
Then place a pearl cover over the bead to be crushed and close it with flat-nose pliers.
For those of you who are just starting out, we've put together a technique sheet that will teach you how to create beautiful finishes with crush pearls.
Then start stringing your beads. Here, I started by stringing about 60 beads.
Let's add our first cowrie shell to the necklace. To do this, take your cowrie shells and add a ring to one of the two holes in the cowrie shell.
Here, I've made sure to put them all in the same direction, so that the most rounded part of the cowrie shell is on the right.
Pass the thread through the ring to which the shell is attached and continue threading the beads. Here, I threaded about 10 beads before threading the next cowrie shell.
Thread as many shells as you like and finish off with the pearls. You can adapt the number of shells and pearls to the desired length of the necklace.
Once you've finished threading, pass your thread back through a bead to be crushed, then through the cabled thread and back through the bead to be crushed. Before crushing the bead to be crushed, I tucked in a few beads to secure everything.
Crush the bead and cut off the wire end. Add a bead cover.
Your necklace is almost finished. Add a ring to each end of your necklace. Thread a clasp through one of the rings and close it.
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