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Hematite Necklace & Bracelet Heart Set Style 15
Price: £2.50 (£2.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Matching Hematite Necklace & Bracelet Set which comes in
Orange, Purple and Blue.
The Bracelet is made up with button and round hematite and 6mm cat eye beads.
The Necklace is made up with a pendent heart, tube and button hematite and 6mm cat eye beads.
Price is for One matching set
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Introduction
For many years now beads have been used around the world as a show of wealth, whether it be as a trading commodity or as a piece of jewellery. Even today the use of beads to adorn ones surroundings and person is a big part of life.
We believe that the making of such jewellery and crafts should be accessable to everyone.
Beads can be used to make a simple pair of earrings or added to a fabric handbag to give it that special something.
Equipment NeededTOOLS
· Flat Nosed Pliers: for closing crimps and fastenings
· Round Nose Pliers: for making loops in your wire, and opening jump rings.
· Side Cutter Pliers: for cutting wire and tiger tail.
· Curved/Bent End Tweezers: for picking up beads and findings.
· Locking Tweezers: for holding your work in progress.
WIRES AND THREADS
· Tiger Tail: thin tightly twisted strands, coated in clear nylon.
· Jewellery Wire: available in gold or silver plate, copper and brass, in various gauges/thickness to suit your project.
· Bead Wire: available in various colours and can compliment the beads shade.
· Beading Thread: ideal for light, small beads.
· Thonging: used for larger beads and pendants.
· Monofilament: strong and flexable thread similar to fishing line.
· Elastic: ideal for bracelets.
· Memory Wire: heavy wire coils that once cut remembers its shape. Ideal for chokers, bracelets and rings.
· Waxed Linen: very strong, easy to thread and knot.
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Jewellery Findings
· Headpins: these have a small base at the bottom and are ideal for creating hanging drops. Once your feature bead(s) are in place, cut the end to approx. 8mm. Use round nose pliers to grip the wire half way down and create a loop for threading. Ensure there are no gaps in the loop or it will fall off your necklace.
· Callotte: these create a neat finish by hiding knots and loose ends, they also provide a small loop to which a fastening can be attached. Callott crimps can be used on all threads.
· Flat or Round Leather Crimp: these can be used on leather or thronging and are pinched and closed over the end with flat nosed pliers. A split ring and hook can be added to the loops at either end for fastening.
· Barrel Clasps: these are ideal for using on tiger tail or thread and come as screw or magnetic fastenings. To secure, thread a crimp bead on the tiger tail then through the loop at one end of the barrel clasp, bring the tiger tail back through the crimp bead creating a small loop, pinch the crimp bead closed with flat nose pliers and repeat for the other side.
· Spiral Cage: these are available in various sizes and are ideal for creating pendants with a bead or semi precious stone enclosed in the wire cage.
· Jump Ring: these can be attached to the hole in pendants so they can be thread and hung correctly. They can also be used with Trigger clasps to form a fastening and are available in various colours.
· Crimp Beads: these are tiny ring like beads which can be pinched closed with flat nosed pliers. They are used to secure the ends of thread, monofilament or tiger tail.
· Bolt Ring: these are dainty fastenings which can be attached to the ends of thread or tiger tail using crimp beads.
· Trigger Clasps: these are ideal for heavier necklaces. Larger jump rings can be attached to the other end of your project to form a fastening.
· Heavy Hooks: these can be attached to your project with either a calotte or leather crimps to form a fastening.
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 Bead Types
· Glass Beads: these can be either individually made or pressed/moulded on production lines.
· Rocaille Beads: this is a general term for small round beads, available in various different sizes, also knows as sea beads.
· Pebble Beads: these are larger than Rocaille beads with a larger hole. They are slightly more rectangular than round.
· Bugle Beads: these are cylinder shape beads and can have round, hexagonal or twisted hexagonal sides. Available in various lengths.
· Sequins: these are shiny laminated plastic or thin metal discs with a small hole in the centre. They can be flat or cupped to reflect the light and used subtly can add a new dimension to your project.
· Gemstone beads: these come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes most commonly facetted rounds, squares, rounds, cylinders, nuggets and drops. They are all natural stones cut and polished to a high sheen.
· Other Material: you can also get natural beads made from bone, shell and wood. Plastic is another medium used for making beads, these can be inexpensive and ideal for everyday costume jewellery.
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Preperation
· Check that you have sufficient beads, thread, tiger tail or thronging and the correct findings before you start your project.
· Lay out all of your materials so that they are easily accessible.
· Ensure you are working on a flat surface.
· Work over a tray with sides or on a plate, to catch any dropped beads.
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Hints & Tips· When using head or eye pins- if your feature bead slips over the base or eye of the pin use a Rocaille bead to keep it in place.
· A small blob of clear nail polish will secure knots and can also be used to stiffen thread so you can pass it through a needle easier
· Use the same colour bead in different shapes or textures to add interest to projects.
· Experiment with two or three different lengths attached at both ends to create a multi stranded necklace. |
