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1. Art Clay Beads Art clay – sometimes called polymer metal clay – is, essentially, a scientifically sound version of a home alchemy kit. You can mould anything from beads for jewelry to pendants to findings to trinkets and statuettes from the blobby brown clay, fire it on a gas hob or other high-temperature open flame, and watch as it is transformed into pure hallmarkable silver. 2. Paper Beads There are plenty of ways to make pretty beads from scrap paper, but the easiest is simply to roll thin strips of paper tightly around a needle or a toothpick, secure it at the end with a dab of glue, string all your beads onto something large enough to fill the entire hole, varnish them, leave them to dry and remove them from the string when they are. 3. Resin Beads Resin is a little harder to work with than many of the materials here, but if you’re prepared to learn how to do it all properly – including the bore drilling at the end, which can require special equipment – it’s a great way to make gorgeous, original beads for jewelry in which you can suspend glitter or pigment or anything you like. 4. Felted Beads Simple needlefelting techniques will allow you to turn wool fiber into soft, natural beads great for lightweight projects, sewing onto bags or scarves, or letting children learn how to bead with. You can decorate them with glitter, or by sewing smaller beads onto the surface of them. If you’re happy to string them with a needle and go without a hole through the middle, you can even make them using nothing but your hands and some warm water. 5. Natural Beads All kinds of things can be used as beads. Look out for small stones with holes right the way through, or things like nuts and acorn caps that you can drill or otherwise bore to allow them to be strung. Nature is absolutely full of beads for jewelry, if you remember to look. Try making beads from conkers, hazelnuts, or even empty nutshells. There’s always something new to try, and the results are often stunning. 6. Polymer Clay Beads Polymer clay is cheap to buy, easy to work with, and fun to explore. The possibilities are almost limitless – you can make beads from canes, shape them and engrave them with a toothpick before baking, embed them with embellishments, make them in moulds, press textures into them…the world is your oyster with this versatile and simple material. 7. Decoupage Beads Wooden beads are a great base for decoupage, allowing you to decorate them in any way you choose with anything you’d like to experiment with. Just make sure that once all the glue is dry you varnish them properly, and they’re long lasting and durable too – and because they’re made on a wooden base, they’re even pretty light as beads for jewelry go. For more information on making or buying the beads for jewelry you need visit PandaHall.com today!
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