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Any jewellery makers around?

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Orchide · 26/06/2008 20:37

Have seen these beads
here and think they are just lovely.

How hard is it for a complete novice to make a bracelet or earrings?
Lets say a bracelet, presume i could just thread the beads onto memory wire stuff. What would i space them with, just those beads from the link or others between?

What would i put on the ends to stop the beads falling off?

I realise these are pretty straightforward questions but am a complete novice!

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Whizzz · 27/06/2008 09:59

The cane beads are lovely but can be quite difficult to incorporate easily as the holes in them are fairly big. Beading wire (Beadalon) would be better than memory wire, you then use crimps to secure fastens ect.
Have a look on this site here I bought one of their cane glass bracelet kits which uses the 'slices' hung off silver rings. But there are other ideas on there too. The selection you pictured looks quite a mix of sizes so they might be hard to use all together.
Just shout up if you need any more help!

Orchide · 27/06/2008 14:02

Thanks Whizzz, the main reason for memory wire is that I like the spiral bracelet effect, have another like that and wanted to replicate it using those lovely beads! As their holes are big you need to be careful what they're mixed with?
A kit would be a good idea I think . Do you have any other links to places that stock good ones?

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Whizzz · 27/06/2008 14:28

That site has the only kit I've ever bought so can't really recommend any more but they will be more if you Google. If you wanted to thread those beads onto memory wire you'd have to space them with smaller beads so they wouldn't slide about too much. Not sure whether the barrel/tube beads would thread OK onto the curve of memory wire??
Memory wire is very tough to cut & can blunt cutters very quickly. You then need small thin nosed pliers to bend the ends back into a small loop so the beads don't fall off OR you can glue end caps onto the ends of the wire (again not tried end caps). I tend to use small beads on memory wire bracelets, I've tried chunkier beads.

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