Brass Strand of Beads

Knobbly cast beads piled high, every one a slightly different mistake.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass has long been a favored metal for beads, its warm gold color deepening to a soft brown with handling. Small cast beads vary from rounded knobs to pinched spindles and ribbed barrels. Surfaces are rough, pitted and patinated in tan, gold and dark brown. Whitish crust clings to some of the edges.

Wonky in all the ways a machine never manages.