I've alluded, in a number of places to a necklace I made out of beads my business partner no longer quite knew what to do with. Knowing my, um, creative (that is, garbage-picking) sensibilities, she handed them to me with the command, ‘make something out of these!’ They weren't my beads, so I figured I could do whatever I wanted, including being lazy—so, for example, I simply strung the tumble-faceted garnets with the occasional interruption of something else to give a little interest.

I enjoyed making the necklace but would have thought little of it again; however Page saw many possibilities in it, and when I started making glass beads, decided to intepret the design in glass. We both really enjoy making these, though I show only necklaces I designed below.

The thumbnails show the so-called ‘small’ lumpen style, made with three, instead of four, strands on each side. They also have fewer glass beads in the body of the necklace than does the catfish necklace.