Start to Make Unique Jewelry with Lampwork Beads

There are so many different jewelry beads are available, but lampwork beads are one of the specials. Why? Because each bead is handmade. No two pieces are the same totally, even if they are made by the same artist. Handmade lampwork beads are produced in various shapes, colors, sizes and designs, so that you can have an array of selection.

Fashion Jewelry Bracelets

When you walk around in your local jewelry beads stores, you will be attracted by these beautiful and special lampwork beads, and want to create some your own jewelry designs with them. Do you have any idea about your designs? If you are just a beginner of jewelry making and have no good idea for the moment, here I’d like to share two ideas with you—one is a stringed bracelet and the other is a jewelry set. Let’s start to make the stringed bracelet first. Please prepare the following items: 11pcs blue European style lampwork beads (about 13mm long, 10mm wide), 11pcs white glass pearl beads (about 10mm in diameter) and elastic cord. This bracelet is very simple to make even if this is your first time to make jewelry. Just string all the jewelry beads by one European style lampwork bead and one glass pearl bead. Then make a knot after all the beads are stringed. Last, hide the knot into a hole to make this bracelet clear. It is very simple to create but very lovely, isn’t it?

Handmade Lampwork Jewelry Sets

Now let’s start the second design. This lampwork beads jewelry set include a bracelet and a pair of earrings. The maters you need are 7pcs yellow flat round lampwork beads (about 16mm in diameter), 27pcs faceted glass beads (about 6mm in diameter), 28pcs headpins, 2pcs silver round, rhinestone beads, 12pcs tiny silver spacer beads and 2pcs earring hooks. Let’s make the bracelet first. First, string 25pcs glass beads on 25pcs headpins, one bead on one pin, and use your round nose jewelry pliers to make a loop at the top of each bead. Second, String 5pcs dangling glass beads on and lay them as a flower, then string a tiny spacer bead and a lampwork bead. Third, repeat second step four times. Make sure there is a spacer bead between each glass beads flower and lampwork bead. Fourth, make a knot and hide it into a hole. About the earrings, string a tiny spacer bead, a lampwork bead, a rhinestone bead and a glass bead on headpin and use jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of glass bead to make the whole as an earring pendant. Then attach the pendant on the ring of earring hook. Make the other earring with the same steps. Now, a beautiful handmade lampwork jewelry set is finished.

Can’t wait to create your own lampwork beads jewelry now? You must purchase some jewelry materials first. In order to save money and get a large range of selection, I’d like to suggest you to purchase them from jewelry beads wholesale online stores, like PandaHall.com. 

Make One of a Kind Jewelry with Handmade Lampwork Beads

When you walk around in jewelry stores or search on the internet, I am sure you will be attracted by handmade lampwork beads easily. These jewelry beads are art works and each one is one of a kind in the world. So that you are unable to find two pieces are the same.

Lampworking is a centuries-old process by which glass is heated by hot flames and shaped around a metal rod. The result is a truly unique bead full of life and color. Lampwork beads are handmade in a variety of colors, shapes, designs and sizes. Many people like to wear lampwork jewelry. Do you want to make your own one of a kind handmade lampwork beads jewelry? Here is an idea about jewelry set with lampwork beads for sharing. It is very suitable for beginners to start their jewelry making.

Fashion Jewelry Sets

This idea is about Lampwork European beads jewelry set—a bracelet and a pair of earrings. We all know that European style jewelry (Pandora style jewelry) is very popular among women. They are elegant and unique. Let’s start to make your own set. You need the following materials: 3pcs red European lampwork beads with vivid flowers (about 14-15mm wide, 9-10mm long), 8pcs red faceted round glass beads (about 8mm in diameter), 4pcs tube beads, 2pcs Tibetan style spacer beads, several Tibetan style flower bead caps in different designs, 2pcs headpins and 2pcs earring hooks. Let’s make the earrings first. String a flower bead cap, a lampwork European bead, a larger bead cap, a faceted glass bead and a flower bead cap on a headpin, and use your round nose jewelry plier to make a loop on the top of the flower bead cap. Attach the whole beaded pendant on the ring of earring hook. Create the other earring by the same method. Now let’s make a bracelet. It is very easy to make. Cut off a length of memory wire, and string a flower bead cap and glass bead on. Use your round nose plier to make a loop with the wire at the end of cap and hide the rest length of loop into the hole of cap and glass bead. And then, string all the rest Tibetan style caps, spacer beads, European lampwork beads, glass beads and tube beads on the wire in the same order on the picture. The last step is making a loop at the other end of bracelet with the same method as before. Now, a beautiful and unique handmade lampwork beads jewelry set is finished.

Have you learnt it? I am sure you have. Now is the time to act. Well, choose a reliable jewelry stores to get the Lampwork beads and other jewelry materials you need first. Enjoy your jewelry making. 

Contemporary Handmade Blown Glass Beads

Handmade Lampwork beads are widely used in jewelry making for they are loved deeply by both jewelry makers and jewelry lovers. Why? The reason is each of them is handmade, and no two pieces are the same. And as a type of these handmade beads, blown glass beads are very popular too.

Blown Glass Beads

Blown glass beads are produced with a method named as blowing which is a special technique used to create drawn and segmented beads. Handmade blown glass beads are one of the oldest materials known to man. The unique technique of making these glass beads has been used for thousands of yours to create one of a kind creation. And today, the technique is much exquisite than before, so that the beads are much beautiful and quality on today’s jewelry market.

Blown Glass Beads

In the past, you can only find one color on a bead. But today, these beads are available in various colors. Apart from the various colors, these blown glass beads are also produced in different shapes and sizes. For example, the popular shapes including oval, round, flat round, drop, heart, moon, butterfly, column (or tube) and some others. Lightweight is another character of blown glass beads. You won’t feel heavy even if you wear several large beads together on your neck or wrist.

Handmade blown glass beads are the dream bead of artisans everywhere. But the ones from Italian are very expensive. They are not suitable for creating fashion jewelry, especially with large quantity. When you search this kind of beads, from both online stores and local stores, you will find many of them come from China indeed. They are Chinese glass in imitation of Murano blown beads. Although clearly not quite up there with the Italian originals, they are delicate, light and quite fabulous in their own right. What is more, they are really a lot cheaper. I purchased some from a China jewelry beads wholesaler named as PandaHall and used some in my necklace design. I have to say, both the beads and necklace design are fabulous. Of course, it is just my thinking.

Are you attracted by the eye-catching blown glass beads? Are you curious with the method of producing this kind of glass beads? Are you wanted to use these unique handmade beads to create one of a kind jewelry designs? It is time to take action now. At last, I’d like to remind that choose a reliable jewelry beads supplier is the first important thing.