Victorian Mod

Hiya!  Have a look at this necklace...doesn't it have a bit of a Victorian feel to it?  But with a mod kind of twist, thanks to the distinctly non-Victorian fused glass cabochon focal.

I thought you guys might enjoy seeing where this concept came from.  I took a class on fused glass cabochon making, and here's some of what I created.

So yummy.  There's just something about glass.

A few of the cabs ended up super simple - just little square puddles of crystal-clear glass, with a bubble or two of color trapped inside.  (In the pic above, they are near the upper left corner.)

I wasn't sure how to use them; gluing on a bail would be weird, you would see the shape through the glass.  Then I got the idea to glue a large filigree finding across the entire back of the cabochon.

I used the corner holes of the filigree to add chains in a draped design, like so:

I just love how the filigree shows through and becomes an integral part of the necklaces.

Although you probably don't have a clear glass cabochon handy, I was thinking you could make this using the larger-size glass pebbles found at crafts stores or dollar stores.  I used E-6000 adhesive.

That's the story behind the jewel.  Hope you enjoyed it!   See you later, gators.

Postscript
Pssst!  I have an article in Stampington's GreenCraft Magazine this month!  I'm excited, it's my first published jewelry project.  If you are into repurposed, recycled, eco-friendly crafts, I bet you'd love it.  It's the Autumn 2015 issue, and it's packed with wonderful stuff.