Creating Beautiful Beaded Handmade Jewelry

By Michelle Howe


You see it displayed almost everywhere. Beaded handmade jewelry can be found in numerous stores as well as in displays at craft shows. This unique art form has been around for centuries and is likely to last for centuries to come. The vast majority of stones used are found all over the world in different forms.

Original creations began when man first discovered these stones. Their beauty was like nothing they had seen before and the beads soon became a means for a number of decorative purposes. Among them was the use of making items that could be worn to adorn the body in the form of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Beads became an adornment to almost anything one could think of and they symbolized wealth and prosperity at one time.

The materials that beads were made from were numerous. Some of the more common elements were metal, ivory, bone, glass, and even paper. Many different kinds of gemstones were also used. With so much to work with the human race was introduced to an art form that held unparalleled attraction to the vast majority of people. Artisan further enhanced the beauty of the stone by painting elegant embellishments on them.

The stones that were used in creating numerous items often held a specific meaning for the area that it came from. The native American Indian used turquoise and jade in many of their creations. Jade symbolized beauty while turquoise was shown to be at one with nature. The splendor of topaz is said to have the ability to protect and so the list will go on and on for any number of these stones.

Art forms of this sort receive their accolades from the well known fact that no pieces are ever alike. Earth is a sculpture that cannot be matched because its making of beads is unmatched in design. There is no man or machine that can possibly do what Mother Nature does with ease.

It is understandable why beads such as this are held in such fascination by mankind. This jewelry is no longer limited to the wealthy but can be worn by those from every walk of life. Man has found ways of duplicating the look of this natural stone and allowing them to be sold at affordable prices. Although man made their beauty closely matches the real thing.

Beaded jewelry can hold its own against the most popular stones known to man. Even the diamond, that is occasionally used in beading, cannot surpass the beauty there is to be found in any of these hand crafted pieces. Nothing can match the one of a kind design that is found when it comes to articles made of beading.

Beaded handmade jewelry is an art that most can master with some training and practice. Make your own unique pieces or expand your creations into a business that can prove to be quite lucrative. Either way, the items you create will rival the most sought after jewels to be found in any store that offers the sale of jewels.




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