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Shell Bead

The Joys of Beading Art Pieces

Beaded items are quite popular these days. In shopping malls, departmental stores or designers stores you will find lots of beaded items for sale like bags, purses, bracelets, necklaces, wall hangings, cushion covers etc. Beads are not only attractive to some people but they just can’t resist buying them.

Beads are of many different shapes, sizes, textures, colors and designs. Designers of accessories, jewelry and interiors utilize the richness of their colors and their different shapes to make astounding pieces. Items made with beads are indeed useful and captivating. Items such as bracelets and necklaces are used by ladies to enhance their appearance, while beading items such as wall hangings, cushion covers etc. are utilized to decorate homes. Fabrics with beads add further décor to your home.

Beads have been valued for hundreds of years. From olden times people have used beads in the form of stones and shells later on they were manufactured from clay, glass, metal and crystals and more recently acrylics and plastics. People have been associated with beading for a long time. They like choosing beads and combining them to make an attractive piece of art. It is a very popular form of craft work for young as well as old. Some do it for work while others do it for hobby.

People do beading work because it is extremely rewarding. It gives them a chance to show their creativity along with enhancing their lives. There are some who nourish the notion that beading can become an obsession and is addictive. Still it is very satisfying to make beautiful pieces for yourself, for your home or even as gifts for your friends by utilizing beads.

The beauty of bead work lies in its diversity. There is a large range of beads to select from market. A large range of bead supply is available. You can choose the types, shapes, colors, sizes and textures of beads to create the design you desire. Then there are wide range of beading techniques which can be used on beads: wiring, threading, weaving, sticking and embroidering. You may select any method you like.

Beading techniques can be either threadless or threaded. Though there are few ways of joining beads without threads like glue, but there are hundred and one ways of joining beads with thread. You get extreme satisfaction after each item created by you is completed.

Beading is supposed to be a cost effective crafts work. You don’t require a special workshop. You just need a table, good lighting, some beading tools and your chosen beads. With these you may make exciting pieces of beaded items. You may also make jewelry which will become a family heirloom because of its beautiful finish. The basics of beading are easy to learn.

You can try your designing a new creation. If you don’t like it, you can take it apart and try a new design. Beading is fun and interesting. Be adventurous, always keep on experimenting till you succeed, you will enjoy the experience.

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wampum beads can i make them from what shells?

do the beads really hold tribal memories they are shells in what musum are they?

How to make a wampum bead:

http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/wampum1.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_5172118_make-wampum-beads.html

Info on the bead:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/635213/wampum

Two museums listed:

http://www.oneidanation.org/museum/wampum.aspx

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/p/purple_wampum_belt.aspx

The wampum bead is listed in to many museums to post.

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