Bead Making

Learn the process for turning a normal lampwork bead into a Raku-style lampwork bead.

Make silver metal clay beads is even easier now with the help of bead cores, which I covered with tiny little flowers of clay.

Make these unique link components using metal clay. I used low-fire, but you can use any type of metal clay to make these.

Technically, I consider heart shaped components made from silver metal clay to be beads because they have holes through them.

After flipping through Tim McCreight’s book "Working with Precious Metal Clay," I found this project on how to make a leaf bead. It looked so easy, and I thought this would be a good way to get started.

Form a heart-shaped bead using your hands and some easily molded paper clay.

Make a bead out of paper clay by rolling out and then cutting out your heart form.

Work paint into paper clay and then form it into your own paper clay bead.

Recycle junk mail and turn it into fun paper beads you can incorporate into various jewelry designs.

With a two-part epoxy product called Ferido, you can shape and form resin into beads.

Find out what exactly a lampwork bead is.