Monika Wiklund

I came up with the idea for this necklace because I had bought a string of seashell spikes and wanted to find something to combine them with. When I started looking through my fresh-water pearls I realized that I had some nuggets and blister pearls of varying sizes that matched the color of the seashell spikes, and since I wanted to achieve a bit of volume for the necklace between the spikes I decided to use three threads and weave them between the beads.

The spikes are a bit unruly and sometimes wants to point in their own directions, but once you have managed to get them under control I think that it creates a very nice effect with the uneven beads interspersed with seashell spikes. At first I was a bit worried that I would not like the end result, but once I had completed the necklace and tried it on I found that I am very happy with the result and have already started to use it.

Photography by Kristian.

I have made a few of this type of necklaces where you tie the ends together rather than use a clasp of some kind. This one is based on wire and seed beads in different shades of blue, with small white “nugget” fresh water pearls, some blue rice fresh water pearls, smalll blue glass beads, and a spiky metal snowflake charm at each end of the necklace.

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The ends of the necklace can be a bit difficult to tie since it is based on wire, but I still think that it turned out fairly well. Maybe some day, I will get around to rethreading it with some other material, but then again I might not.