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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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Tiger tail
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
A commonly used stringing material which does not require a needle.
Polishing
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
The process in the last stage of metal finishing in which a rotating instrument is dipped in a polishing substance. Increases shine and eliminates flaws.
Mohs scale
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
A scale used to measure the hardness of minerals, with talc at zero and diamond at 10. Each mineral on the scale is hard enough to scratch the one below it in the scale.
Base metal
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
Any non-precious metal e.g. copper, zinc, nickel, brass. Can be plated with silver, gold, gunmetal, copper or brass.
Barrel clasp
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
A clasp made of two parts that screw together, usually used in necklaces.
Ice pick bail
Arts & crafts; Beadwork
Similar to a prong bail, it will create a loop to attach a chain to when the prongs are closed into a cross-drilled pendant.
