Wirework and Beads: "Riesling Chevron Cluster"
I found this elongated Chevron at a bead shop in Yarnell, Arizona. It is a drawn glass bead ready to be cut into smaller beads. A find like this brings design ideas with it. Searching through my bead box I found more African Trade Beads and I clustered them with a little bit of sterling silver wire and recycled Riesling wine bottle beads. Note the very old Chevron on the bottom left. This is a 5 layer Chevron.
African Trade Beads brought me into total bead collecting and then of course lampwork.
This piece can be found at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery on Whiskey Row. Check it out during the Prescott Art Walk -- http://www.artthe4th.com/