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As a frame to the wearer’s face, a neck piece is usually the first item of jewelry noticed by an observer. With a large design area, necklaces, chokers, and collars are among my favorite jewelry pieces to create. At the same time, they present annoying challenges, not the least of which is gravity: No matter where I want it to be, the heaviest part of a neck piece will always be front and center. 


Please click on each thumbnail photograph below to view the piece up close.
 
Hunter's Moon (2005)
12” x 7”
Seed beads.
Topography Necklace (2005)
12” x 6”
Seed beads.
Topography Pendant (2005)
4” x 4”
Seed beads.
Web of My Clavicle (2004)
(photo by Roger Schreiber)
19” x 4”
Seed beads, freshwater pearls.

Finalist, Puget Sound Bead Festival Beaded Inspirations 2005.
Finalist, Bead & Button Show Bead Dreams 2004.

Web of My Throat (2004)
(photo by Roger Schreiber)
14” x 2”
Seed beads, freshwater pearls.

Ambivalence 2 (2004)
13” x 1 ½”
Seed beads.

Mary’s Cosmo (2004)
14” x 1 ½”
Seed beads.

Bearded Jasper (2004)
22” x 3”
Jasper nugget, carnelian beads, seed beads.

(Private Collection)

Temaki (2004)
22” x 1”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

 
Delica Temaki (2005)
22" x 1"
Delica beads, freshwater pearls.
Not-So-Square Stitch Pendant (2005)
15” x 2”
Seed beads, freshwater pearls.

Jasper Pendant (2004)
20” x 3”
Jasper donut and beads, Thai silver beads, seed beads.

 

Five Temaki (2004)
14” x 3”
Freshwater pearls, seed beads.

 

Mary’s Choker and Bracelet (2003)
Choker: 16” x 4½” x ½”; bracelet: 7” x 1½”
Seed beads, freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, vintage button.

(Collection of Mary Nelson)

Icicle (2002)
(photo by Roger Schreiber)
26” x 3” x 3/4”

Seed beads, faceted rock crystal, assorted glass beads.

(Published in Bead & Button magazine, December 2003.)

Anne Marie’s Necklace (2003)
24” x 1”
Seed beads, freshwater pearls, unakite and carnelian beads.

(Collection of Anne Marie McSweeney)

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Photos by Greg Mullin except as noted. All contents copyright© Tina Koyama, 2007.