Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter. Glass, plastic, and stone are probably the most common materials, but beads are also made from the seeds of the Bead tree, and also from bone, metal, resin, wood, clay, felt, paper, and other materials.
Beadwork is the craft of making things with beads.
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Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a sewing needle or beading needle and thread or thin wire, or sewing them to cloth.[1] Beads come in a variety of materials, shapes and sizes. Beads are used to create jewelry or other articles of personal adornment; they are also used in wall hangings and sculpture and many other artworks.
Types of beads include:
Lampwork beads
Baily's beads
Chevrons
Fire-polish beads
Millefiori
Pressed glass beads
Seed beads
Prayer beads
See also
magatama
Ferrite bead
Rudraksha Bead
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