There are different types of hand-made
jewelries. In other words, hand-made jewelries are categorized. There are bead
weaving, bead stringing, wire works and more .
Bead Weaving
Bead weaving involves the use of beads
to weave different types of designs into necklaces, earrings, rings and
bracelets. This category of handmade jewelry involves a lot of seed beads,
needles, beading threads, strings and patience!
A lot of patience as you may have to
repeat the same process for hours using needles which may involve re-threading.
This can be repeated several times during the creation of a design for a
necklace, earrings or bracelet.
Different types of weaving are used
here namely peyote, spiral, brick, ladder, square…
Bead
Stringing
This is very common and simple to do.
From children to the elderly can actually participate in this category. It is
usually fun and relaxing.
However, this is not just all about
beautiful beads and stringing! It involves more complex designs that need
experience and technicality. It involves illusion or bridal designs,
multi-strand ranging from 2-8 strands or more. Beads of different sizes, shapes
and designs are used in stringing to create beautiful pieces.
Basically, this involves thread of different thickness (gauges) and uses. The
thicker the thread (usually called Tigertail) the less flexible the design while the thinner the thread the
more flexible the design turns out to be.
Here, the creativity and designs are
endless. It could be very simple as well as very complex depending on the design
and look you want to achieve.
Wire
Works
Wire works involves the use of
jewelries wires to create lovely jewelries. This could incorporate the use of
beads or the only the use of wires.
Another type of wire work is Chainmalle.
This involves the use of wire to produce jump rings. These jump rings are
linked in different ways to create very lovely designs of jewelry.
Crocheting is another type of wire
works where very thin wires are crocheted to create lovely pieces. Here, beads
can be added to the crocheting to give beautiful designs.
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The crocheting is done with crocheting
pins that also come in different gauges. These different gauges of crocheting
pins give different looks and designs. This is quite simple to achieve,( if you
are comfortable with crocheting) and takes less time too.
With these categories, it’s clear that
there are diversity in the world of handmade jewelry. Handmade jewelries are
unique and stunning depending on taste and personality. This is due to the fact
they are exclusive. So do not be afraid to explore and try out the different designs in the world of handmade jewelries.
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"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art"- Ralph Wardo Emerson
Linda Aliogo
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