Beading is the art of stringing beads to each other, attaching them to another material such as leather or cloth, weaving them together with thread or adhering beads to various objects as decoration. Beading can be used to make wall hangings, jewelery, flowers and to embellish cloths and accessories. Beads can also incorporate in to crochet and knitting. The basic items needed for beading are usually beads, and thread of wire to string the beads. There are many patterns to do the beading. http://www.essortment.com/articles/what-is-beading_7238.htm
Beads
Beads can range in size to less than a millimeter to several centimeters in diameter. Traditionally, beads were usually somewhat round or oval in shape, but modern beads are available in dozens of shapes from various geometric shapes to those shaped like animals and symbols. Beads may be made of clay, wood, stone, bone, horn, gemstones, ivory, metal, seeds and various synthetic materials.
Main types of beads are seed beads, cut beads, bugle beads, roundel, faceted beads, delicas, and rounded beads. http://www.beadedcurtain.com/beads/types-of-beads.htm Two types of pearls are available: real pearls and cultured pearls. Cultured pearls are grown artificially and cheaper than the real pearls. Swarovski crystal beads are usually used in jewelery to give the glamorous glitter to finished product. http://www.beadsbasic.com/Types_of_Beads_Used_in_Beading.html http://ezinearticles.com/?Types-of-Beads&id=327578
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This is a step by step method to make an earring by stringing beads. The step, crimping the bead is not shown in the video. Also, the crimping tools and using the players to open the ear wire hook is not explained. Otherwise it is good in making a strand earring.
Beaded Wire Jewellery
Beaded wire jewelry is an easy way to create inexpensive and pretty jewelery for yourself. The tools needed to start this craft are wire cutters, round nose players and flat nose players.
The wire is sold in different sizes called gauges. Higher the gauge number thinner the wire is. Thinner wires are easier for initial projects to learn the technique.
One needs to get the findings also to start the bedded projects. Those are the ear wires, headpins, eye pins, clasps etc. All these things are available in the craft or bead store.
YouTube has many videos to learn the beaded jewelery making techniques. Once you learn the basics, your creativity will be the only limit. http://www.beadage.net/wirework/index.shtml
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Fast Facts
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Early beaders used vines for string and rocks or shells as beads
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Jewelry is the most common beading product
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Archaeological evidence shows that people made and used beads as early as 5,000 years ago
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Looms are used for some types of beading
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Beading was a common practice among many Native North American tribes
