Vikings adored treasure - gold, silver, and... beads. They traded far and wide for them and pillaged far and wide, happy to pocket any beads they might find in the process. They knew the process of making beads was a highly skilled and time consuming venture and as appreciators of skill in any vocation, whether fighting, music, shipbuilding or art, appreciated their value and desired them. This is a replica viking treasure necklace made by shire members Patrice and Jeff Hundstad and by Darin and Gretchen Ingalls. Patrice has been generously teaching bead making at her home Sunday afternoons and as is regularly the case, one thing leads to another and "another" is a viking treasure necklace.
Viking treasure necklace with glass beads and medals made by Patrice and Jeff Hundstad and Darin and Gretchen Ingalls. Darin Ingalls created the medals and method of attatching them to the necklace. Depicted are Thor's hammers, coins, and (the rectangular piece) a book clasp - no doubt obtained from an Irish monastary. The glass beads show a typical viking assortment of combed beads, "eye" beads, millifore beads - all very tempting forpillaging
fingers.
Fire and sand, very elemental!
Bead making will continue at Jeff and Patrice Hundstad's every Sunday afternoon.
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