Black Vintage Beadwork Handmade Choker Festival A fabulous pair of early

A fabulous pair of early 20th century desert goggles with turquoise blue glass lenses and  wonderfully worn copper frames

We have added vintage strings of beads in cream and black and added a tiny silver bird in cage charm

We’ve used some amusing white quartzite beads which resemble clouds of smoke along with grey agates

The mask hangs from a necklace of chunky beads in different colours and shapes

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Black Vintage Beadwork Handmade Choker Festival A fabulous pair of earlyI was kindly given a pile of very old beadwork. It was beautiful but all very brown and black and I felt it needed a shot of colour and a new look. I started laying out the central motif and then went from there cutting and arranging sections to the background which is a fabulous yellow ochre felt. You can see the pictures of progress along the way. There was a lot of sewing involved to secure everything and I used up a ton of loose beads around the