Jewelry making techniques
MATERIALS NEEDED
Beads: Glass beads, Venetian beads also called in memory of their origins lagoon, have been invented to replicate the gemstones. They are used for their qualities of gloss and transparency. The glass beads are forged by blowing into a metal tube, on a small piece of molten glass, until you get a hollow ball to size. This particular method allows the manufacture of beads of all kinds (dimensions and colors).
MAIN Beads
The seed beads: These are tiny glass beads, metal or crystal, transparent or opaque. There are more than 350 colors. They are usually round, but some are less regular.
Tip: If you want to make a model of whole rock, it is advisable to mix pearls of the same color but of different origins. Baths colors are never the same, slight differences in tone will ring a livelier, more iridescent, catching more light. Please also to alternate irregularly.
Routers: These are the queens of the rings of pearls! They are similar in effect to little tops. They are mainly used to carry out the central motif rather than a ring because the contact angles is uncomfortable on the finger. They are available mainly in glass, plastic or glass. The best known are those called Crystal “Swarovski” (manufactured by the company founded in the nineteenth century by Daniel Swarovski. This in fact began in 1892 developed the first machine capable of cutting the crystal with precision.) They are generally Available in 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 mm.
The faceted beads: Different sizes and colors, they can be broken crystal, glass or plastic. Their faceted play with light, depending on their size they can be used for the central motif of the ring or a ring. To differentiate round pearls, know they have a slightly oval shape.
The round beads: They are, as their name suggests, simple round beads and may be crystal, glass or plastic, and include facets. Depending on their size, they are generally used either for the central pattern of rings or to the ring.
Drops: These are, as their name suggests, pearl teardrop. You will find facets or without. They may be crystal, glass or plastic.
Washers: These are small round pieces, thin, hollow, usually metal, which can interpolate between round pearls or faceted. They serve to emphasize the central motif with elegance of a ring. Some are studded with rhinestones, jet, others are in silver or gold.
The wooden beads: They are often painted and shiny. When they have a matt finish, they can easily decorate the marker. They can make jewelry in a more ethnic.
The crimp beads: These metal beads are used where it is impossible to make a knot (especially with the wired LAN) to assemble son, spacer beads or finish a row. They were crushed on the wire with pliers. There are several sizes of crimp beads to select from depending on the thickness of wire used.
THE SON
The son used to support the beads and form the structure of manufactured jewelry. Their choice depends on the strength and the final appearance of the jewelry. The wire used is chosen according to the width of the hole beads, pearls and weight of the effect is desired.
Tip: For a small necklace made with very fine light and small beads, silk thread is perfect. If you do however frequently worn (or for example to raise the sea), a nylon thread is more suitable, equally fine but more resistant. To achieve a really strong, it must choose a nearly indestructible steel wire.
KEY SON:
The son of Nylon: They come in many colors and thicknesses. Strong, flexible and discreet, they allow you to make such small rings (the invisible structure) fits easily on your finger.
The son of metal: They are made of brass (gold, silver or black). They are more brittle than the son of nylon. However, they are very pleasant to work and can give a more rigid jewelry.
The son resilient: They are very useful for making jewelry whose size is adjustable. For example, a ring ring made of elastic thread can have a real flexibility in the jewelry. Thus produced in a standard size, the ring will be “stretch” and therefore adjusted depending on the ring size of the wearer.
The son of Lin: They are strong, flexible and knots hold well.
The son of copper: They come in different sizes, from very flexible as it twists easily by hand, the stiffer (from 0.6 mm to 1 mm in diameter) that we work with pliers.
Cotton laces and leather: They come in different colors. They are most commonly used diameter of 1 mm.
The leather straps: Thin or thick (the most common has a thickness of 2 mm and a width of 4 mm), they are mostly in shades of brown or black.
The son of Satin: (tape) is available in different colors and widths.
The son of rubber: They are very handy for rolling beads. They come in different diameters.
The son Cable: silver or gold, they can put on seed beads and crimp beads without a needle. They are very strong.
The tools and other equipment:
It is useful to have some instruments that make the job of making it easier: rule and square, various kinds of scissors, pliers and nippers, and double-sided tape, glue, tweezers.
The main tools and other equipment:
The rules and brackets: These are used to measure accurately son.
Scissors: These are of course useful for cutting the son finest silk and nylon.
Tip: Cut your thread a little ways that will allow you to refine a portion of the line to be inserted into the beads.
Tweezers: Indispensable for cutting metal son, tweezers can also be useful to round the tip and avoid the existence of dangerous spikes. To create eyelets and rings, mainly used in making necklaces and bracelets, you need a round-tipped tweezers. To tighten and bend different son, he must instead use a flat-tipped tweezers. Pliers biggest son used to determine the iron bigger and stronger. Choose tweezers and tongs and easy to handle small, tailored to your fingers.
Glue and Tape: To apply accessories and attaching beads, sometimes you will need glue or tape. Choose a powerful glue but whose components will not affect the color of pearls. The double-sided tape or sometimes used.
Tip: A little glue on the knot of a thread can solidify it.
Needles: They are an excellent investment for beaders casually. They facilitate, among other double passage through the beads and stringing tiny beads (rock). Choose your hands well according to the diameters of the holes in beads.
BASIC TECHNIQUES
THREADING:
To thread beads: patience!
Some pearls are very small, the holes are microscopic and they slip easily. To make the job of threading, but sometimes need a little tedious, less monotonous, you can buy a plastic box for food. Once the color and type of beads chosen, pour it into the box and with a suitable thread to start “fishing” the beads with short strokes and continuing from right to left. With these moves, the wire is on the road a few holes in pearls and they easily threaded. Ideally, if you perform work that requires a lot of inches of wire threaded, is to first prepare the wire. Then you cut it, according to your needs. To string beads of course you can use a switch be fine and also a bead threader.
The cross-threading: This technique allows for highly decorative objects of varying sizes. Thread three beads and iron a second time with the same wire, by pulling on it to fix your pearls. Thread four beads and then switch back a second time in the holes with the same thread. Pull to secure. Recommancer this by increasing the number of beads according to the shape you want to create. When you create the shape you want, you just have to close the thread with two tight turns.
The insertion loop: The method “loop” is one of the most widely used techniques for articles of pearls. A series of loops of wire are connected together and covered with beads. Trees, for example, are born from this technique. It is indeed perfect for shaping branches. The realization is very simple and, once mastered, it can do loops of all sizes and branches of the desired length. Thread example, on a wire, a number of beads to create a loop. To close, make two tight turns with the wire. By increasing the number of beads both loops (eg 5 beads in the first two loops, both 8 seconds, the third pair 12 …) you get a nice gradient effect. It can be used eg for pinecone Christmas trees. Do some tests before applying the technique.
To make a branch, thread beads on the wire without cutting the coil. Leave 7 cm of wire free and prepare the first loop, to work completed, will be in position centrale.Procédez well with others. Having performed ten loops, bend the wire into two by wrapping themselves in both halves, then form the stem.
The donning pink or daisy: Perfect for making tiny flowers. Stringing beads on the wire and create a small loop of 5 or 6 beads. Secure it with two tight turns and form around the first loop a little larger. Secure it with two turns of wire and proceed further in this manner until you reach the desired size.
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