Brass Strand of Beads

A great coil of small rough tubes, the color of weak tea with honey.

This is a strand of beads. It is brass. Brass beads in a strand are often graded or mixed by size, so the rhythm of the strand is as much a part of the piece as the beads. Many short cylinder beads in a pale, matte tan-gold, uneven in length and a little crumbly at the ends. The surface is dull and slightly chalky, with no spacers. The strand spirals in numerous rings around a small open center.

Modest in manner, generous in length.