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Bead Work And Its Details
Beadwork is a simple thing to learn. To start out you need thread and beads.
Done.
At it's most basic, that is really all you require. Clasps on jewelry are nice, but not required. You can bead a loop at one end, and a ball at the other. Thus the one loops over the other joining the 2 ends of your necklace.
Knowing how to tie a good knot is essential. Final thing you want is to finish, hold up the piece, and it fall apart on you. Worse yet, would be to have it fall apart while a buyer is looking at it. Because of those fears I use adhesive. A little glue added to my knots for a little peace of mind. Some say that is cheating, however I don't care. They make glue for beading, and what is more important is that they make it where it has a nearly string type tip, letting you get glue just where you need it and not all over everything else. If they sell this kind of product, then lots of people are doing it. I don't call it cheating, I name it as quality. And if knots aren't your specialty, they make devises to help you get a good tight knot up close and personal. Hard to mess that up.
A good pair of small pliers is helpful as well when doing beadwork. You can certainly work without, man has for ages, however they make them, and they do help. Often times you are working with really tiny line, and pliers can assist you get a hold of it and make things tight and neat.
Another useful thing is a jewelry tray. Again, not a must have, but it enables you to lay your beads out as you want them designed. You can play with your design here without stringing and restringing trying to find the perfect balance. Also, the trays will have measurements on them, so you will know how long the piece you are making is. This tiny, few dollars tray, can greatly cut your time down.
As a hobby, or business goes, doing beadwork has a fairly small overhead, and can be the most profitable jobs of your life.
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