3d bird cage

I had an idea in my head to make a bird cage from delica beads.

The whole process involved a LOT of trial and error. This is what I came up with...



I made the base by peyoting a hexagon shape then just experimented adding the rest of the beads.

The structure of the bird cage didn't hold its form so I ended up inserting copper wire into the beaded cage bars. It helped quite a lot.

Once the cage was finished it looked pretty empty, so I peyoted stitched a heart to put inside.

I'm still undecided on this "bead cage" its far from being perfect, too squishy for a keychain and to big to look good on a necklace.