Crown Of Thorns no. 2

Awesome like everything else so far! Gawd, gonna be here all day if I try to look at everything in your gallery.

I have three little questions, if you wouldn't mind. If it's a confidential trick of the trade or takes too long to explain I understand, but I'm really curious when I look at stuff made like this...

For one, usually from what I've seen when people make multi-strand necklaces they generally use cone-shaped beads with a name which I forget and tie the ends and seal it with glue from what I understand, but this and yours others don't seem to be made that way. How do you tie the ends of the strands off? The clasp is rather hidden.

And the second and third questions are kind of together. I've made necklaces before that involve little "branches" coming off of the main strand but I did it with wire and especially with beads as tiny as this it doesn't look like wire, or even crimp beads can do that as cleanly as it has. How did you attach the little branches to the main strands, and how do you end each branch cleanly?

I know from experience that it's way easier to ask than explain, so you can be vague! Hehe.

I feel bad asking; I apologise if this takes much of your time. I just see people make such awe-inspiring things with beads! I'm slowly learning, but you can't often learn very well if you don't ask questions I suppose. Thank you very much in advance.