{"id":5211,"date":"2009-08-16T03:29:47","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T10:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2013-04-28T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T18:23:46","slug":"copper-wire-chandelier-pendant-faux-raku-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/copper-wire-chandelier-pendant-faux-raku-beads\/5211\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Wire Chandelier Pendant with a Row of Faux Raku Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-08\/16-copper-wire-chandelier-raku-pendant-2009-08-02-101.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Copper Wire Chandelier Pendant\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Some of the prettiest things I&#8217;ve done were because it wasn&#8217;t turning out as planned.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #808080;\">~Arlene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This copper wire and faux raku bead pendant started out as an idea for chandelier earrings but since I used heavy copper wire<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> (14 gauge) the size became too big for ears and it ended up as a funky chandelier pendant instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I love the movement this pendant has when you wear it. The smooth faux raku beads dangle and swing, showing all their iridescent sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using the exact same technique in a smaller size copper wire (20 or 24 gauge), you could easily make a set of earrings to match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span>Other Related Article Resources:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-faux-raku-pt1-smooth-surface-techniqe\/4694\/\">Polymer Clay Tutorial | Faux Raku Smooth Surface Technique<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wire-bezel-pendant-handmade-copper-findings-polymer-clay-jewelry\/316\/\">Wire Bezel Polymer Clay Pendant | Handmade Copper Findings<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-hammered-copper-findings-jewelry-clasps\/4177\/\">Polymer Clay Tutorial | Hammered Copper Findings | Clasps<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/beaded-bookmark-hammered-copper-wire-fimo-focal-beads\/4149\/\">Hammered Copper Beaded Bookmark with Focal Beads<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/making-a-bracelet-polymer-clay-disc-beads-copper-wire\/3805\/\">Making a Bracelet Using Polymer Clay Disc Beads + Copper Wire<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Does anyone else have a story about how one of you projects ended up switching directions after you got started. Please do share in the comments below.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Some of the prettiest things I&#8217;ve done were because it wasn&#8217;t turning out as planned.&#8221; ~Arlene This copper wire and faux raku bead&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">12<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[217,2602,2676,975],"class_list":["post-5211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bead-projects","tag-copper","tag-faux-ceramics-pottery-glass-surfaces","tag-jewelry-findings","tag-necklaces-pendants-lanyards-accessories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}