The one on the honeycomb is pretty realistic whereas the silver and gold wire version is more of a playful, cartoon bee. He chose that one and she loved it.
The realistic one is all silver but with gold plating in the honeycomb. I don’t generally use gold plating as it wears off. Not here though. Not unless the bee shuffles her feet.
The wire ‘Bundle-bee’ is made from silver wire interlaced with 18ct gold and he has a little gold bead head. The wings are made with reticulated silver sheet.
I mounted this one on a link chain because I thought that the angle it creates at the bale chimes in with the angles of the hexagon honeycomb.
Both pendants are around 2cm across and you can choose from a 16″ or 18″ chain.
Claire –
I chose the cartoon bee for my anniversary present this year. It's beautiful. Delicate enough to wear every day but substantial enough o look very special. Thank you Jez.