With various materials and qualities, the beads can not only make jewelry but clothing and customize all kinds of items for home decorating .
The pearls … has always
Dice prehistory, ornaments of shell and horn were made up. Nacre from shells was then used in antiquity pop to become the object of fine Renaissance sculptures, which seem to be jewelry and rings (the famous junkies). The glass work has appeared since the year one thousand in Italy!
The beads can be shaped in various subjects, and you can also make your own beads with polymer clay ( Fimo beads ).
The crystal beads Swarovski
Cut machine and containing a high proportion of lead, the crystal of the famous Austrian firm is the most glittering of all the pearls and more regular, allowing them to use in making fine jewelry. The beads are distinguished by their shape and size in mm: hundreds of possible combinations for the range of colors of Swarovski crystal continues to grow …
Glass beads
Czech Glass or Bohemian crystal by region of origin, their shapes are less regular than the Austrian crystal, but they exist in a multitude of colors and effects (surface coating). They are also less expensive and are used in less visible parts of jewelry or in neck as softer to the touch.
Blown glass beads, Venetian beads also called, are beads made by hand, the molten glass is rolled to the lamp on a stick.
The Murano glass beads
Thousand years of tradition of glass, as many secret manufacturing quality handed down from generation to generation and that made Murano Italian island, the world capital of glass. Murano beads are currently the trendiest beads in gold leaf or silver.
The semi-precious beads
semi-precious beads They are chosen according to their colors, blue-gray hematite, obsidian black mottled, purple amethyst luster, or for their harmony of colors (earth tones of Mookaïte).
The seed beads
Glass, pearl, iridescent, metal, bronze or brass, seed beads have long been used for embroidery (the very fine seed beads 24 / 0 are now replaced by more 15 / 0 – 1 mm). In the seed beads, pearls can be distinguished Japanese (and usually regular in size 15 / 0), Charlotte (size 13 / 0) to facet for more brightness, Delica beads, cylindrical perfectly regular Japanese ideal for weaving Beads (Delica is the name of the best known brand) and found in many surface treatments (iridescent, matte, satin, AB or “lined “…).
The beads are compartmentalized in copper and coated with enamel baked, the way of stained glass. Those commonly found are made in China.
To work with beads, accessories are essential:
a plateau at small banks: the tray will prevent any loss of beads, slight edge will not interfere with your movements.
a pair of scissors for the use of nylon thread (which should not be chopped at harvest) or a cutter for the use of wire cable (for making a necklace or bracelet with beads heavy)
flat-nose pliers to use crimp beads , accessories needed to attach the clasp of a necklace, a bracelet
blunt forceps is recommended only to fold or bend a silver wire or a metal nail.