coil neck piece in hand dyed rope

This animation shows the formation of a custom made neckpiece made out of hand dyed cotton and a pair of polymer clay buttons. This was a project that started out with the customer considering the metal neck coils worn by members of traditional cultures and evolved into this realization in cotton fiber.

A higher res image of the finished coil.
14" circumference (average)
3 1/2" height

Here's an alternate design of three discrete pieces

Three soft neck rings with a magnetic clasp

button and loop details to secure the bottom and top loops.

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