Day 18

Melon beads!  I've been making these for a long time.  I have a particular appreciation for this shape.  There's just so much tactile enjoyment with these.  It is common to make melon beads by rolling a bead over a grooved surface.  This leaves grooves that are the same depth all the way across.  Done properly, as these are (and as the examples in the Bead Boot Camp are), the grooves should follow around the bead all the way to the hole at each end.  This is much trickier, but also much more satisfying.