| Original Message: MANY CANES REPRESENTED IN CARL'S RED CHEVRONS |
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NIce pile Carl. I identify 8 distinct canes in your strand here. This by the internal structure of the beads.
1 -bead number 1 has the best structure of the lot. all the layers are well molded and have good registration, that is the points all nest well and line up.
2-bead number 2 has a much thinner white layer and the red layer in the center is twisted to the left and doesn't line up with the points of later layers
3- bead number 3 has a thicker layer of white than 2 but the black(blue) layer is poorly molded if at all. the molding shown could be from the layer below.
4- number 4 is a twisted cane and it is twisted to the left all the layers line up pretty well and are pretty well molded
5- number 5 has the inner red layer perfectly our of synch with the black layer above it. the black molding has flattened the points of the red below. the black is well molded however.
6 number six has the black and inner red layers out of registration, but the black is poorly molded. it is also slightly twisted.
7- the number 7 beads all have good registration of the inner layers with a poorly molded black layer similar to number 3 these could be from the same cane
8-number 8is twisted to the right and has a thick balck layer which is well molded yet out of synch with the red beneath.
All in all I'd say that there are at least seven perhaps eight distinct canes represented here. As they are all similar size this represents a large body of work . The Italians make large canes and are good at making the canes uniform. To my mind when i see canes made with layers out of synch with each other it speaks of haste. I've made a few with this problem and being in a hurry for some reason and not paying attention is always the cause. Sometimes the layers being out can create a nice pattern, though it's not as controllable as keeping them lined up nicely. When I see this much variety in canes of one pattern I have to ask myself , really,how many of these canes WERE made? This wasn't a pattern done for centuries like the blue white reds. And it wasn't widely distributed when it WAS made or they would show up more in the trade bead market. The mystery continues.........
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