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Beadwork

The craft of stringing beads to one another by the use of a needle and thread or soft, flexible wire.

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Precious stones

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

These are expensive gems such as diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

Aurora borealis (AB)

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

The name given for the Northern Lights, this is a term for crystal stones that have a highly iridescent surface. This effect is achieved by vapour blasting the facets of the lower part of the ...

Translucent cord

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

An invisible cord that is ideal for stringing Austrian crystals, or any light coloured bead so the cord is hardly visible.

Stretch magic

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

A flexible clear elastic cord. It is often used for slip-on crystal bracelets, and is a beader's favourite as it only requires a knot to finish.

Spacer bar

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

Jewellery finding used to hold multiple strands of beads in alignment and prevent tangling, are inserted at intervals while stringing the beads.

Nylon bead cord

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

Used as an all purpose bead cord that comes in a wide spectrum of colors. Wax can be used to coat the cord to keep it from fraying and tangling when it is repeatedly threaded through metal beads with ...

Silk bead cord

Arts & crafts; Beadwork

A fine cord that comes in very thin sizes and various colors. It's used for beads with smaller holes such as freshwater pearls and beads under 5mm. A designer look can be accomplished by placing ...

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