Mayan Treasure

I just couldn't wait to post this necklace.... I finished it today, just in time to be able to still take photos outside.... I'm so, so, so pleased with how it turned out and with my photos!!! I absolutely LOVE this colour combination... bronze and grey.... the crocheted necklace is nice and chunky and I just love it to bits!!!! I actually started making it the day after I finished Ancient Bronze Treasure... but between work, my son, the Etsy BeadWeavers Red Challenge, where I've entered 3 pieces, Judy's birthday necklace and a few other prior commitments, I only just managed to get back to it yesterday.... I thought I loved the other one, but now I look at both and there is no competition.... this new one is definitely the winner in my eyes!!! but then again I seem to feel that way about each new piece that is completed... at least the ones posted on here... the ones I'm not happy with don't make it for public viewing :-) If I don't like something because of some element of the piece doesn't (in my opinion) work, I usually put it in my "see-what-can-be done-with-that" box (if I think the original idea behind it has potential but needs to be re-calculated) or it gets cut up (when the piece has no potential)... In the case of this necklace, I got stuck half-way through, hung it in front of me so that I would see it every time I sat at the beading table.... and I'm so glad I didn't scrap it!!!!... I guess inspiration hit.. I started thinking of Aztec and Mayan images... which I'm fond of (I even have an Aztec-inspired armband tattooed on my upper left arm) and the piece started speaking to me...

Above: Back view

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Mayan Treasure

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