Brass Strand of Beads

Seam-lined little pods in dusty gold, wound around like a sleeping snake.

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. Rounded pods with a faintly grainy finish and fine lengthwise seams here and there. Colors slip from pale gold to a deeper, ruddy tone along the strand. Beads touch snugly, strung without spacers.

Quietly handmade, loudly shiny in the right light.