Planning To Buy Glass Beads Wholesale? You Can Consider These

Posted by adortalukdar on June 24th, 2014

Hand crafted Glass beads have been used by many civilizations including the Romans, Egyptians and the Native Americans. They come in different colors, shapes, design and style. These variations make beads suitable for a wide variety of projects. Their unique characteristics make them easily adaptable to different people's tastes and styles. Below are some available types of glass beads. Whole sale glass beads are available in many stores as well as single pieces.

Lampwork Glass Beads

Lampwork is a technique used to make pendants and glass beads. Winding a hot glass around a central core forms Lampwok beads. They are then decorated using hot glass. Italy's Murano Lampwok is widely known and produces some of the finest beads. Many artisans have taken up the art and are producing good contemporary beads. India produces some inexpensive beads using the Lampwok technique though their quality is not high enough to allow them be sold as Lampwok. The beads are available in many shapes. Teardrops and donuts are some common pendants.

Millefiori Glass Beads

This is another Italian technique. Millefiori is an Italian word that literary means’ a thousand flowers’. The technique came to being around the 15th century but since then it has spread around the globe. The technique combines more than one method to produce long thin glass canes which are made from several thinner colored canes merged together. The arrangement of the thin canes is such that a cross section of the cane yields a floral pattern known as millefiori. A hole may be drilled through a cut section to form a single bead, alternatively several cut sections may be merged and then drilled. Today, the technique is used to create images such as cartoons using the canes.

Dichroic Glass Beads

This is a contemporary technique for glass fusion. The technique involves heating pieces of glass in a kiln till they melt. They are heated in a way that each bead roughly retains its initial shape. In this technique, artists usually combine clear and opaque glasses with metal-embedded glass

Glass Pearls

These are available in many different colors and sizes; this makes them usable in many different projects. They are heavier and have a larger hole than is common with natural pears which makes the easier to string.

Seed Beads or Rocaille

They are used in jewelry weaving and feature some of the smallest beads measuring as small as 1.5 mm in diameter. They are used in some of the most fine textured bead work.

Specialty Beads

For those with specific needs special types are available, one can order either whole sale glass beads or just one piece. Some of the special ones include ‘crackle glasses. Dagger beads are used to design collar necklaces. shamballa beads have relatively larger holes that can fit cord bracelets. Beads are usually sized by their internal diameter.

Whatever your taste is you are likely to finds beads that fits you. Some types may be expensive, but glass beads wholesale may save you lots of cost.