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If you just enter beadwork and jewelry-making, which is bound to come across some confusing words. Here is a brief glossary to help clarify the sense of "Head Pins" and find the definition of "findings".

Beads Cap

This is a type of metal ball spacer. It's a half-sphere shape Beads

Accounts in a long thin tube. Ranging from less than a millimeter to a few millimeters in diameter and a few millimeters to several centimeters of length.

Clamshell

A piece that joins the buckle on the end of a bracelet or necklace. It consists of two areas, average of a clam shell, which is used to cover any crimp accounts at the end of a piece of jewelry.

Close

The part of a necklace or bracelet that opens and closes so that the jewelry can be cut and out. There are several types of zippers, snaps, as the barrel, lock Lobster claw, magnetic closures, hook and eye closures, snaps, spring and lock lever.

Encased Beads

A small drop of metal that can be "curly" and secured in place on a piece of wire deck nylon. This is done by crushing with a pair of pliers. Enshrined accounts are used to maintain accounts of others in their place in the wire.

Dichroic Glass Beads

One type of Murano glass bead with a thin metal layer on its surface, which will to change the color because it reflects light.

Find

This is the general name for supplies containing the jewels together, such as pins, clams or rings.

Pinhead

A metal rod with a flat base. Beads can be strung on the pin, the upper of which can be looped and connected to a hook earrings, necklace or other piece of jewelry.

Jumpring

A small metal ring that can be opened and closed and is used to link the various elements into jewelry.

Murano Beads

A decorated beads made using a gas torch. The torch is used to melt the glass, which is wrapped in a metal bar. Details Here are added using different colors of glass.

Murano Beads

Glass beads highly drawings made by melting glass rods together many. This glass package is then cut to produce grain with a mosaic pattern. The term "millefiori" is Italian, meaning "thousand flowers".

Metal Spacer Beads

These are balls of metal decorative usually strung between glass largest accounts. They often are thin and flat, but come in a variety of widths, diameters and shapes. They are usually color silver, but they also come in gold, bronze and black.

Nylon Covered Wire

A ball chain material composed of multiple strands of stainless steel wire covered by a thin layer of nylon. It is also known by the brand name of Tigertail. More expensive and flexible grades can be up to 49 individual strands of wire, while the basic degree consists of 7 chapters.

Rocallas

Very beads, usually measuring about 1 millimeter by millimeter, some in diameter. They can be used for detailed work in the embroidery or may be simply strung on a necklace.

About the Author:

Vanessa has been making jewelry for the last 8 years and loves it! In 2005 Vanessa received a subscription to a beading magazine. Frustrated by the magazine’s complicated, tedious projects, she decided there was an easier way to make jewellery – the inspiration for Beads By U. Her jewellery-making video series focuses on fast, fun, and simple designs and can be found at www.beadsbyu.com. When she is not beading, Vanessa enjoys playing the flute and biking.

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