Brass Strand of Beads

Tiny golden barrels with the gentle irregularity of hand-rolled dough.

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. Slightly uneven barrels in matte yellow, a few with a visible fold line along the side. Smooth faces catch light as soft glints. The strand loops into a tidy spiral around a dark center.

Every bead a little different, none of them embarrassed.