While watching the movie, the jewelry designer in me just wanted to tug at Julia Robert's rudraksha beads and straighten out the limp and crooked tassel that was hanging lifelessly from her neck. Even though I knew it wasn't meant to be a fashion accessory and that the prayer beads adorned her neck for other higher and spiritually meaningful reasons and purposes, I just couldn't help thinking that rudraksha beads could look far more attractive than that and that a prayer necklace could serve the dual purpose of being a chic, fashion statement necklace, while still providing spiritual and prayer support.
I decided then, that I would create that unique and chic, spiritual necklace that came with a tassel that wasn't limp, but instead had lots of life in it.
I cut my own personal string of prayer beads (gulp) and added some dark, blood red, faceted Chinese glass beads and some faceted citrine rondelles and then strung them all up in random order. The beads are fabulously gorgeous together and just as functional and "grippy" for counting as before because of the faceted shape of the beads.
I used long, red coral branches to mimic the bright red colour of the traditional meditation necklace tassel and to give it some weight. The head of the tassel is a hammered silver ball with a fringe of faceted coral rondelles underneath. All of the coral branches dangle, move gracefully and individually and create a soft and pleasant jingle sound when I move, reminding me that I'm wearing a very special piece with each "cling".
The healing and spiritual properties of this necklace have a very soothing and calming effect on me and I don't want to take it off anymore :-)
I will blog about these properties in future separate blogs.
This was a fun and fulfilling project. I look forward to creating many more unique and sparkly prayer bead necklaces in the future.
