There is a very talented beadmaker in Canada called Sherry Bellamy at Orca Beads. She makes the most amazing beads which she calls Chaos Beads

She shares the technique with her students when she is teaching beadmaking and now she has generously made a tutorial available as a PDF document to a wider beadmaking audience. I ordered the tutorial from her Etsy Shop several weeks ago. On Sunday I ordered some copper mesh which is needed but unfortunately, I got the wrong mesh size.

This is what I need	This is what I received (entirely my fault) The 2p is to show scale of mesh.

Superhero, Dan at Wires, though is sending me the nearest sized sample which they stock - he says might still be a bit small but I can give it a go. I obviously need to change the design so that the bead becomes "my own" so this might be the way to start. Copying a technique is one thing but I will need to make the bead design unique to myself else it wouldn't be ethical for me to sell them. That's assuming I can make some ...! Plus I fully intend to credit Sherry with the invention of the technique that leads to any saleable jewellery.

I think I can still use the copper that I've received though so I am keeping it, I will do some experiments with it tomorrow. It's very easy to cut in a straight line and I have some ideas mulling through my mind which I will sleep on and put into practice in the morning.