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Description from EPBCornell: Inspired by an exquisite $29,000 multi-strand turquoise & woven gold necklace I saw recently. Not sure my design would incorporate any of the linen or silk, or the beautiful cuprite, but they added nicely to fill out the pick.
Think lots of strands, like 20-30, of the 3mm Hubei turquoise with some 3mm faceted rainbow obsidian (with sparkling golden tones) and 3mm round brass beads (disassembled from the crystal & brass bead chain) mixed in sparingly, maybe random, maybe run of turquoise, 1 brass, 2 turquoise, 1 obsidian, 2 turquoise, 1 brass, run of turquoise, 1 obsidian, run of turquoise, repeating, or the like. Each strand could crimp to a tightly looped length of 1.5mm leather cord, end bevel-cut and glued back on itself with Barge cement before being bound with fine brass wire to finish. There being too many (20-30) strands to get all the cord ends together into a small enough bundle to fit into an 8mm cord end cap or my planned clasp, I would selectively, narrowly splice one cord into another (sharply bevel slicing the end of one & clipping the sliver of its tip, skimming flat the side of the other where I want to match in, applying the thin bit of Barge cement to both sides, carefully aligning & plying together evermore) enough times at different places, finishing over with brass wire binding, until I have reduced to few enough strands/cords to fit in my end component. I would try to make the clasp out of 2 patina brass straw basket slides, hoping that the Vintaj natural brass magnetic clasp is not too wide to fit inside the slides. I have used these magnetic clasps before & can attest they are quite powerful. To help the created basket slide clasp stay connected, I could epoxy fat pins into one of the slides on either side of the magnet set in the middle of its oblong shape and, when set in that side, squish some epoxy clay into the voids on either side of the magnet in the opposite slide, press the two basket slide ends together with the magnets lining up to make holes in the clay in the 2nd slide where the pins stick out from the first slide making a stronger lock between the two so the magnet won't tip open & break the bond. Pins could also be in alternate sides, one glued in each basket slide on either side of the magnet. Magnets usually have a preferred way they line up, so one has to take care gluing them in to each side & would best at least temporarily set them in place in both sides at once while paired up.