Making Beautiful And Unique Beaded Sets

By Larry Jackson


Stones bones and glasses are used in making beads. Beads are mainly used when making decorations especially in fashion industry. To make them fit tightly into the required places drilling with special tools is required. Bead-setting is one type of stone setting. Other types are channel, bezel prong and burnish setting. Unique beaded sets are mainly used in textile industry as an effort to come up with new designs and fashions. This is indeed promoting creativity and independent thinking.

Beading is of enormous importance as it promotes development of many different skills to both the old and the young. Beads are of different sizes therefore holding these different sizes helps in exercising different muscles. It also promotes visual discrimination in that depending on the type of image outlook desired, the best suiting bead is selected. Visual discrimination is promoted when the color of the bead that best suits a desired image is selected.

For successful beading there must be a good coordination between the hand and the eyes. Hence, the procedure generally helps one acquire this ability. It promotes cognitive skills. Efficient planning is required to come up with an attracting pattern that is unique. Mathematical skills applied in the process are unforgettable. The size of necklace has to be determined together with the number of beads that will be enough for the process.

When children engage in beading they share the beads together with their future plans. This is socializing. Hence the beading helps children acquire social skills. The fact that beading improves dressing skills is unforgettable. Self-confidence together with self-esteem is acquired on accomplishment of the procedure. It is a kind of fun.

The stone and a metal plate are some of materials required at the process. Tools used in the process are setting bur, round bur, bench vise, flex shaft, jet set, drill bits, ball bur and bead tool. The tools are usually very sharp because at times are pushed through very hard surfaces and therefore when handling them one ought to be very careful.

For a successful bead setting the following steps ought to be followed appropriately. It commences by first placing the stones into the desired pattern and determining the best space between them depending on the pattern and their diameter. Then cut the seat and this one ought to be made with precision so as to avoid too small or too large hole.

Fitting should be checked regularly at the procedure. Tight fitting has been observed to give the best results compared to lose fitting. It is therefore advisable to try the tight fitting. The seat depth should too be determined with great caution too. The line is cut using onglette graver and its depth should be the same as that of the seat. Then the isolation of beads is done. Setting bur helps in seat cleaning.

Ensured stone sits nicely by pushing it with a brush pusher. The beads are then raised and then formed. Too much force is not required during this stage. The process of bead making is very enjoyable. Most of the dressing concerned with weddings, social engagements and traditional celebrations are mainly decorated with the beads.




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