What is Floating Jewelry?

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Ella Seltzer for Expert Village. And now I'm going to show you another piece of antique jewelry. This is a floating bracelet. The bracelet is on a smooth copper chain and the red Austrian crystals appear to be floating on the bracelet. I'm going to show you how to make this floating effect that produces a very feminine style. This is another example of a floating necklace, rather than a bracelet, and it's more of a funky look. These beads are called miliflori beads. They are called miliflori because it is Italian for thousands of flowers. Because if you look inside the bead, you see tiny, tiny flowers. And it's a special technique that was mastered by artisans in Italy, in Merano. And there are lots of different shapes and sizes of these beads and they are just very pretty and funky. And the young girls love them, so this is one particularly popular style. And I have something a little bit more classic looking, this is also the same effect, the floating effect. This time it is on a silver chain and I used a series of different beads. I often make these necklaces with students as an introductory style. Very easy to make and produces something that you wouldn't necessarily make on your own with an instruction booklet. And this is also floating necklace with glass pearls, faux pearls in different colors on a pink wire, and I've used a triple chain here. This also produces a very classy effect. This is something simpler, with cats eye fiber optic beads also on a pink wire. it's something very simple, everyday, and you could just basically make one in any color to match up any outfit and it's easy to wear and it's fun."