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Anni Albers Make Your Own Necklace Jewelry Kit

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Style:  Sink Strainer

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This item is final sale and non-returnable.

Channel your inner jewelry designer with this Necklace Kit based on original designs by Anni Albers, an artist with work in MoMA’s collection and featured in the Museum’s exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, on view April 20 through September 13, 2025. Each DIY set is inspired by a piece from a 1941 traveling exhibition of jewelry made from common objects by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Known for her textile designs, Albers held the belief that everyday materials, such as washers and bobby pins, could look "quite beautiful and even precious."  This easy-to-follow project is a wonderful translation of their art and perfect for a craft night spent solo or with friends. 

The Anni Albers Make Your Own Necklace Jewelry Kit is available in four different kits: 

Bobby Pin Kit:
Components: 35 bobby pins, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l

Ribbon & Washers Kit:
Components: 84” red grosgrain ribbon, 30 small steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 59"l
Washers: 0.35"w

Sink Strainer Kit:
Components: 20 paper clips, 1 sink strainer, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Sink Strainer: 5l x 3"w

Steel Washers Kit:
Components: 25 split key rings, 12 small and 12 medium steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w

  • Designer
    Anni Albers and Alexander Reed
  • Size
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 59"l
    Washers: 0.35"w
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Pendant: 5l x 3"w
    Steel Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w
  • Material
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    35 Bobby Pins, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    30 Small Steel Washers, 84" Red Grosgrain Ribbon
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    20 Paper Clips, Sink Strainer, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Steel Washers Kit:
    25 Split Key Rings, 12 Small Steel Washers, 12 Medium Steel Washers
  • Year of Design
    1940
  • Origin
    United States
  • If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return merchandise within 90 days for a refund in the form of original payment for contiguous U.S orders. Learn More.

$9.95 Flat standard shipping fee available. Learn More.

Channel your inner jewelry designer with this Necklace Kit based on original designs by Anni Albers, an artist with work in MoMA’s collection and featured in the Museum’s exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, on view April 20 through September 13, 2025. Each DIY set is inspired by a piece from a 1941 traveling exhibition of jewelry made from common objects by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Known for her textile designs, Albers held the belief that everyday materials, such as washers and bobby pins, could look "quite beautiful and even precious."  This easy-to-follow project is a wonderful translation of their art and perfect for a craft night spent solo or with friends. 

The Anni Albers Make Your Own Necklace Jewelry Kit is available in four different kits: 

Bobby Pin Kit:
Components: 35 bobby pins, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l

Ribbon & Washers Kit:
Components: 84” red grosgrain ribbon, 30 small steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 59"l
Washers: 0.35"w

Sink Strainer Kit:
Components: 20 paper clips, 1 sink strainer, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Sink Strainer: 5l x 3"w

Steel Washers Kit:
Components: 25 split key rings, 12 small and 12 medium steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w

  • Designer
    Anni Albers and Alexander Reed
  • Size
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 59"l
    Washers: 0.35"w
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Pendant: 5l x 3"w
    Steel Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w
  • Material
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    35 Bobby Pins, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    30 Small Steel Washers, 84" Red Grosgrain Ribbon
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    20 Paper Clips, Sink Strainer, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Steel Washers Kit:
    25 Split Key Rings, 12 Small Steel Washers, 12 Medium Steel Washers
  • Year of Design
    1940
  • Origin
    United States
  • This item is final sale and non-returnable.

$9.95 Flat standard shipping fee available. Learn More.

Channel your inner jewelry designer with this Necklace Kit based on original designs by Anni Albers, an artist with work in MoMA’s collection and featured in the Museum’s exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, on view April 20 through September 13, 2025. Each DIY set is inspired by a piece from a 1941 traveling exhibition of jewelry made from common objects by Albers and Black Mountain College colleague Alex Reed. Known for her textile designs, Albers held the belief that everyday materials, such as washers and bobby pins, could look "quite beautiful and even precious."  This easy-to-follow project is a wonderful translation of their art and perfect for a craft night spent solo or with friends. 

The Anni Albers Make Your Own Necklace Jewelry Kit is available in four different kits: 

Bobby Pin Kit:
Components: 35 bobby pins, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l

Ribbon & Washers Kit:
Components: 84” red grosgrain ribbon, 30 small steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 59"l
Washers: 0.35"w

Sink Strainer Kit:
Components: 20 paper clips, 1 sink strainer, 18” ball chain and clasp
Assembled Necklace: 18"l
Sink Strainer: 5l x 3"w

Steel Washers Kit:
Components: 25 split key rings, 12 small and 12 medium steel washers
Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w

  • Designer
    Anni Albers and Alexander Reed
  • Size
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Bobby Pin Pendants: 2"l
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 59"l
    Washers: 0.35"w
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 18"l
    Pendant: 5l x 3"w
    Steel Washers Kit:
    Assembled Necklace: 20l x 0.71"w
  • Material
    Bobby Pin Kit:
    35 Bobby Pins, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Ribbon & Washers Kit:
    30 Small Steel Washers, 84" Red Grosgrain Ribbon
    Sink Strainer Kit:
    20 Paper Clips, Sink Strainer, 18" Ball Chain with Clasp
    Steel Washers Kit:
    25 Split Key Rings, 12 Small Steel Washers, 12 Medium Steel Washers
  • Year of Design
    1940
  • Origin
    United States
  • If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, you may return merchandise within 90 days for a refund in the form of original payment for contiguous U.S orders. Learn More.

$9.95 Flat standard shipping fee available. Learn More.

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Why We Chose This
Designed by Anni Albers and Alex Reed in the early 1940s, these jewelry kits may be composed of everyday items, such as bobby pins and washers, but they were inspired by priceless gems. "The first stimulus to make jewelry from hardware came to us from the treasure of Monte Albán, the most precious jewels from ancient Mexico, found only a few years ago in a tomb near Oaxaca," Albers explained in her talk at Black Mountain College in 1942. Some of Albers' and Reed's designs were featured in the 1946 MoMA exhibition Modern Handmade Jewelry. 
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