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Handcrafted
Beaded Jewelry | Jewelry Making Supplies
Jewelry Bead Directory from A1 Jewelry Making Supplies
A bead
is a small,
decorative object that is pierced for threading or
stringing. As an alternative to piercing, plastic
beads may be Moulded Onto a Thread during
manufacturing; these MOT beads are often used
for the throw necklaces worn at Mardi Gras. Beads
range in size from under a millimeter to over a
centimeter or sometimes several centimeters in
diameter. Glass, plastic, and stone are probably the
most common materials, but beads are also made from
bone, horn, ivory, metal, shell, pearl, coral,
gemstones, polymer clay, metal clay, resin,
synthetic minerals, wood, ceramic, fiber, paper, and
seeds.
Seed Beads
are uniformly shaped, spheroidal beads ranging in size from under a millimetre to several millimetres. "Seed Bead" is a generic term for any small bead. Usually rounded in shape
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