Eyeglass chain: Lapis, moonstone, glass
Did you wake up one day and suddenly find yourself having to take your glasses off to read a menu or look at your phone? When this happened to me a few months ago I started nosing around, looking for a cute eyeglass chain so I wouldn’t lose my glasses or get them all grunked up in my hair. What I found was that I couldn’t find anyone making eyeglass chains for the stylish menopausal set. So, I spent a few months designing and redesigning eyeglass chains.
It took a lot of iterations to land on this design. Each chain is carefully weighted with an anchor bead meant to rest at the nape of your neck (which is also, my pal Antonia points out, “kinda sexy”). This anchor bead helps the chain to stay put. Then, there are two beads on either side of the wearer’s face, so that you can adjust by feel without a mirror. Then there was the ugly rubber loop problem. It took a LOT of searching to find rubber loops with glass beads (most of the ones available commercially use chintzy-looking metal). The loops are adjustable and will fit most frames.
Anyway, long story long, these chains are the culmination of many months worth of prototyping and refining.
Each chain offered here is one of a kind and made by hand. Each one measures around 34 inches.
Did you wake up one day and suddenly find yourself having to take your glasses off to read a menu or look at your phone? When this happened to me a few months ago I started nosing around, looking for a cute eyeglass chain so I wouldn’t lose my glasses or get them all grunked up in my hair. What I found was that I couldn’t find anyone making eyeglass chains for the stylish menopausal set. So, I spent a few months designing and redesigning eyeglass chains.
It took a lot of iterations to land on this design. Each chain is carefully weighted with an anchor bead meant to rest at the nape of your neck (which is also, my pal Antonia points out, “kinda sexy”). This anchor bead helps the chain to stay put. Then, there are two beads on either side of the wearer’s face, so that you can adjust by feel without a mirror. Then there was the ugly rubber loop problem. It took a LOT of searching to find rubber loops with glass beads (most of the ones available commercially use chintzy-looking metal). The loops are adjustable and will fit most frames.
Anyway, long story long, these chains are the culmination of many months worth of prototyping and refining.
Each chain offered here is one of a kind and made by hand. Each one measures around 34 inches.
Did you wake up one day and suddenly find yourself having to take your glasses off to read a menu or look at your phone? When this happened to me a few months ago I started nosing around, looking for a cute eyeglass chain so I wouldn’t lose my glasses or get them all grunked up in my hair. What I found was that I couldn’t find anyone making eyeglass chains for the stylish menopausal set. So, I spent a few months designing and redesigning eyeglass chains.
It took a lot of iterations to land on this design. Each chain is carefully weighted with an anchor bead meant to rest at the nape of your neck (which is also, my pal Antonia points out, “kinda sexy”). This anchor bead helps the chain to stay put. Then, there are two beads on either side of the wearer’s face, so that you can adjust by feel without a mirror. Then there was the ugly rubber loop problem. It took a LOT of searching to find rubber loops with glass beads (most of the ones available commercially use chintzy-looking metal). The loops are adjustable and will fit most frames.
Anyway, long story long, these chains are the culmination of many months worth of prototyping and refining.
Each chain offered here is one of a kind and made by hand. Each one measures around 34 inches.
Breesa Culver is a writer, art monster, and big sister. Her primary interests include: intimacy, collaboration, doom, praxis, and the American Midwest. She will name your baby. She’s based in Oregon, but dreams of moving to Għawdex.