Wearable Art Gallery - Bracelets

 

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In addition to being fun to wear, bracelets are a joy to make for a reason rare in the seed bead world: One can be completed in a relatively short time.

Please click on each thumbnail photograph below to view the piece up close.

Embellish-a-Rama Bracelet (2005)
6” x 1½”
Seed beads, Swarovski crystal button
Transformer 1 (2004)
10” x 4” (flat)
Ceramic focal bead, fossil beads, seed beads.
 

The Transformer series of jewelry pieces are also table-top sculptures. An extension converts Transformer 1 into a necklace also. For a view of Transformer 1 in its sculptural form, please see Sculptures.

Transformer 2 (2004)
6” x 3” (flat)
Freshwater pearls, assorted glass beads, seed beads.

Absolutely Beads 2004 Exhibition.

The Transformer series of jewelry pieces are also table-top sculptures. For a view of Transformer 2 in its sculptural form, please see Sculptures.

Collage Bracelet with Toggle (2005)
6” x 1½”
Glass seed beads
, freshwater pearl, vintage glass beads
Collage Bracelet (2005)
6” x 1½”
Glass seed beads, resin bead
Not-So-Square Stitch Bracelet (2005)
6” x 1½”
Glass seed beads, freshwater pearls

Thai Silver Bracelet (2004)
6” x 1½”
Thai silver beads, garnet beads.
(Collection of JoAnn Marshall)

Fish Bracelet (2004)
6” x 1½”
Thai silver beads, seed beads.

Magenta Multi-Stitch Bracelet (2004)
6” x 1½”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

Carmen Miranda on Drugs (2004)
6” x 1½”
Resin beads, seed beads.

Ambivalence 1 (2004)
6” x 1½”
Sardonix focal bead, seed beads.

Cat’s Eye Bracelet (2004)
6” x 1”
Swarovski crystal, seed beads.

Yarn-Inspired Cuff (detail, 2004)
6” x 1½”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

 

Tourmaline Sculptural Netted Cuff (2004)
6” x 1½”
Tourmaline, seed beads

Web of My Wrist 1 (2004)
6” x 1½”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

 

Web of My Wrist 2 (2004)
6” x 1½”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

Thai Silver Charm Bracelet (2004)
7” x ½”
Thai silver beads, seed beads.
(Private collection)

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Photos by Greg Mullin except as noted. All content copyright© Tina Koyama, 2008.