Lulu,
These are most likely soft Onyx balls made in India for sale as made, I see these around the Tucson show all of the time.
All my best .... Danny
Thank you very much I learn lots about beads from the bead collecting people .what do people do with them do you think ?
It's a little tricky working with round things without holes, but it can be done.
I Googled "how to wrap a marble" and found several videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2bbSyrT5vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFopKD02CMs
Here's a cute idea if you don't want to work with wire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFopKD02CMs
If you REALLY want to jump into some serious jewelry-making skills, Joyce found this on Etsy a few years ago:
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/158975821
I fell in love with it, and bought it! (Sorry, Joyce!!! I confess!!!)
It's a little tricky working with round things without holes, but it can be done.
I Googled "how to wrap a marble" and found several videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2bbSyrT5vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFopKD02CMs
Here's a cute idea if you don't want to work with wire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFopKD02CMs
If you REALLY want to jump into some serious jewelry-making skills, Joyce found this on Etsy a few years ago:
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/158975821
I fell in love with it, and bought it! (Sorry, Joyce!!! I confess!!!)
So maybe start with one marble...!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177814965/vintage-clay-marble-necklace-natural
I like the beads that look like they are in hand cuffs I don't think I will be doing anything to them for a long time I am not allowed to light matches because My beads caught on fire and I burned ny finger and my mum went mentall and wen my mum saw the wire cutters in the film she gave me a loo km and I can tell that look is NO LULU before she talks and I was right mum said for gods sake you are 8 years old you need all your fingers and both thumbs or do you want people to fasten your pants when you go to the loo and I don't want that my mum said you can't do buttons up if you chop off your thumbs with wire cuter s I don't think someone will chopped both thumbs off do you if you chopped of 1 thumb you would be care full with the last one you still have but I never said that to my mum