Are all beads created equal? - Off the Beaded Path
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Must Know Monday 3/18/2019
In this weeks Must Know Monday video, Kelly explores the size differences of different finishes of Gemduo beads. Kelly also shows how to make a simple gemduo bracelet. We have materials / kits available on our website, for a limited time. www.offthebeade...
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Each bead is an individual work of art! Making the beads start with the same base bead and adding the unique finish treatments changes the size. Check out Potomac beads videos showing the actual production lines in the bead factories. Amazing how much work goes into each bead!
Kelly thank you so much for sharing this information with us we so appreciate it. It is awesome seeing you back doing an actual video again, hope there is more to come. Thank you again.
Good info to have. You are a good teacher, taking into consideration as to how people bead. Thank you.
Thank you Kelly Dale. I love watching your videos and the jewelry you make.
Thank you Kelly! You are so very generous in all you share and teach!
I really like this project! The bracelet is so pretty and the beads that you used are GORGEOUS! Thank you for another great tutorial! 💕
I always work with a magnifier, and even with 11's poured out of the same tube (same color, coating, everything), and even from Japanese manufacturers which are the most consistent, I can clearly see different sizes to the beads on my bead mat. If I'm doing freeform netting or a "randomized" pattern, that's a real plus. But for structured pieces, it means I'm looking very closely at every bead I add. Thanks for this video Kelly!
I love your videos! So easy to follow. You are a fantastic instructor. Thanks!!
Hi there. Thank you so much for sharing and showing me this bracelet. I love it because it is quite simple and so pretty. I look forward to your videos everything Monday. Thank you again for putting them online. Take care and God bless.
Wow. I never knew! Thank you for this design and the lesson. I’ve never seen the gem duos, but I’m ready to make a bracelet.
This is such a pretty bracelet and you're such an awesome teacher!
Dear Kelly, I have learned the lesson of this video, over and over - many times to my chagrin. For example, a 3mm Czech Pearl is generally different than a 3mm Swarovski Pearl, (or 4mm, respectively). Also, 3mm (or 4mm), Czech pearls can be different among themselves. I cannot speak to other sizes. When I work with either kind or size of pearl, interspersing them in a design with Miyuki 11s or 15s, I have had some patterns not work out as they should. For example, if I am making a bezel for a rivoli, a circle of Czech or Swarovski Pearls and Miyukis, can be very different starting circles. I too, ended up pulling out my handy digital measure, and discovered such itty bitty differences (hard to see just looking at the pearls side by side on a mat), that do not seem like much when considering one pearl. Nevertheless, I have ripped out many beginnings of bezels, because the difference in pearl sizes can result in a round base of pearls and Miyukis being "waffle-y," versus fitting together nicely to form a solid bead/pearl foundation. I have found this true with "the revered" Miyuki beads alone (depending on the coating), and as you demonstrate, with Czech beads. So, thank you for providing further validation! It is not always a difference in beading tension! - although this can be another factor in how beads "weave" together.
Thanks, Kelly, for the info about bead sizing and for the beautiful bracelet project. Thanks for sharing with us.
Lovely. Thank you Kelly.
I ran into this same issue with super duos. Both were labeled Czech glass beads, 2.5X5 mm. I used up the one and needed more to finish a bracelet. I bought more but at a different place. I finished the bracelet but it wasn't until after that noticed the newer beads looked odd against the original ones. The newer ones were more bubble shaped. Lesson learned the hard way.
Beautiful bracelet. I did a wrap bracelet but my beads were horizontal, not vertical.
Lovely bracelet Kelly
Thank you for this information. Have an awesome day
Thanks for this great information!
Thank you for TEACHING us this
Thank you! Great info
Boy, love those vibrant colors. I didn't see where you mentioned the bead choice you used. Is the color of the Gemduo Violet Gold Rainbow or Gold Rainbow Copper, or something else? Also, the Firepolish - a multi-color? Thanks, Kelly.
Thank you Kelly . I know that there was a difference is there a difference with all the 2 hole beads. Please let me know witch beads are different. Thank you very much for sharing this. Have a nice day.
Belive me ive learnt this the hard way mostly when buying cheap beads... lesson learned
I tried to buy the kit to make this Ana I couldn’t find it on your website? Would love to order. Please let me know how I can move forward. I am also sure I could find these at my local amazing bead store too. Thank you for sharing us this beautiful bracelet 💖
Can you shed some light on the difference sizes of stretchy rubber string
Merci pour ton partage
Hi Kelly, I like your digital thingy how much is it?
Kelly you've taught me so much. I really want to thank you for all your hard work. Would love to purchase price from you. Please send me ur link . California Sandra
Thank you. New to beading. Thought I was going nuts cause sizes didn’t match.
Hi there. Just a quick note the word 'everything' should be "every'. Hope this makes it easier to read. Thank you.