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Fresh Batch of Focal Beads made of Fordite from Ford Truck Factory plant!

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Fresh Batch of Focal Beads made of Fordite from Ford Truck Factory plant!

Here's some new ones!   Other Side.... and what the original rough looked like before I started... 

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Video of 86ct Coober Pedy Australian Opal Shield Focal Bead 57x31x8 (7975)

Video of 86ct Coober Pedy Australian Opal Shield Focal Bead 57x31x8 (7975)

I'm back to experimenting with making videos of my beads.  Here's one I made of an Australian Opal focal bead I made last year.  My brother Jim gave me the rough I used for this as a gift for my 50th birthday.   Here's a link to the listing for it.... 86ct Coober Pedy Australian Opal Shield Focal Bead 57x31x8 (7975)    

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More Fordite Focal Beads!

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More Fordite Focal Beads!

The newest batch!  Rough came from a contemporary Ford truck factory paint shed.  Here are pics of front, back, and the rough I used to make them. 

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Three New PURPURITE Focal Bead Pendants!

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Three New PURPURITE Focal Bead Pendants!

I'm really pleased with these lovely new, natural faced, double sided, focal bead pendants that were made by my apprentice Donovan Boertje!  They're $60 each if you private message me and buy directly.  We'll be working on more beads and cabs in this lovely material soon!  The rough material is from Namibia and I've haven't seen much of it around over the years.  I have a nice little stock of it, but when it's gone, it's gone.        

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Beautiful Bumble Bee Bead Bargain!

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Beautiful Bumble Bee Bead Bargain!

An auction with no bids yet closing in little more than a day! Lots of other auctions with no bids too! Happy Saturday!  We have BIG BARGAIN auctions on eBay at least once a month at DVHdesigns!

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