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A friend asked for a bracelet, made of alternate lapis and gold cylinder beads. Stone cylinders are plentiful, but my matching (modern) Indian gold cylinder beads are gone and I am not willing to go a hunting for them in the www anymore.
So I decided to indulge in a risky experiment: The bead is 15,5 x 7 mm, with a 3 mm perforation. It is made of a 24ct gold sheet wrapped (by lathe) around a four years old bamboo stick from my patio. The bead weights 1,99 grams (bamboo 0,37 grams; metal 1,62 grams). The bracelet will have 5 of these gold cylinders Now this friend, that lives just 100 meters away from my place, is a young succesful foot surgery doctor that takes care weekly of my feet...so whatever the outcome, my experiment will prove to be an expensive whim. Is this not happiness? All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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