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MATERIALS 2m #10 Craft Line Nymo D BEADS 10g x 8o Miyuki Triangles 20g x 11o seed beads 72 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cones TOOLS 2 x size 12 beading needles Beading glue Thread conditioner Thread snips EARRINGS MATERIALS 60cm #10 Craft Line 2 x Earring Hooks BEADS 2 x 8o Miyuki Triangles 40 x 11o Seed Beads 24 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cones Rating SIDE ONE STEP ONE Centre a stop bead on 1.8m of beading thread. STEP TWO Pick up 6 x11o seeds, skipping the last two threaded on, sew back up through the middle two in the same direction as threaded on, as this forms a loop. Pull firmly. There will be five beads on one side including the stop bead and two beads on the other. STEP THREE…
TOOLS Round nose pliers Chain nose pliers Wire cutters MATERIALS 2 x 41mm Ancient Gold eyepins 86 x 25mm Ancient Gold eyepins 1 x 4mm Ancient Gold jumpring 1 x Ancient Gold Toggle clasp BEADS Bracelet Strands: Swarovski Crystal 5301 bi-cones 4 x 4mm Light Siam AB 3 x 6mm Light Siam 4 x 4mm Padparadscha 3 x 6mm Padparadscha 6 x 4mmTopaz AB 2 x 6mm Topaz 4 x 4mm Smoke Topaz 3 x 6mm Smoke Topaz 5 x 4mm Olivine 1 x 6mm Olivine 5 x 4mm Light Olivine 3 x 6mm Light Olivine 4 x 4mm Blue Zircon 3 x 6mm Blue Zircon 6 x 4mm Fuchsia 1 x 6mm Fuchsia 4 x 4mm Purple Velvet 3 x 6mm Purple Velvet 4 x Montana 4 x 4mm…
MATERIALS 30cm of .5mm Sterling Silver half hard wire 15cm of Brown artistic wire 1 x Silver Teardrop hoop earring (5cm x 2.5cm) 1 x 1.6cm thin silver headpin BEADS 1 x 7mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Copper 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Smokey Quartz 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Light Colorado Topaz 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Topaz 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Jet 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Smokey Topaz 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Fire Opal 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Indian Red 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Light Siam 1 x 4mm Swarovski bi-cone crystal Black Diamond TOOLS Cutters Chain nose pliers Round nose pliers Rating STEP ONE Using the end of round nose pliers, make a wrapped loop…
It wasn’t until the 1980s that Cubic Zirconia took off commercially, when Swarovski and Co. began producing it for mass retail consumption. CUBIC ZIRCONIA WAS DISCOVERED in its natural state in 1937 by two German mineralogists, von Stackelberg and Chudoba, however they thought so little of their discovery that they did not bother to give it a name. Some of the earliest research into synthetised Cubic Zirconia production occurred in France in the 1960s, with much work done by Y. Roulin and R. Collongues. Their technique involved containing the molten Zirconia within a shell of still-solid Zirconia, which produced only small crystals. This process was called cold crucible, referring to the system of water cooling that was used. In the 1970s, Soviet scientists at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow…
MATERIALS 120cm fine soft flex wire 14 x crimps 2 x split rings 8cm chain 1 x 3 loop magnetic clasp 1 pr ear hooks 2 x wire protectors BEADS 180 approx 2 – 2.5mm silver balls 1 strand multi tourmaline rondels TOOLS Cutters Round nose pliers Crimping pliers Bead stopper Rating BRACELET STEP ONE Sort beads into 6 or 7 colour groups, then by tone intensity lay out the beads into a line approximately 20 - 22cm in length. Keep moving beads until there are three bead rows wide from light to dark in equal length. Place 24 beads aside for earrings, using light to dark pattern. STEP TWO Cut 3 x 30cm lengths of soft flex wire. Place one end in a bead stopper and thread 1 x…
TOOLS FOR BOTH Round nose pliers Cutters NECKLACE MATERIALS 1 x antique silver toggle clasp 2 x 6mm silver plated twisted jumprings 30cm x crimped chain silver plated 50cm x fine oval chain silver plated 22 gauge non tarnish wire silver 6 x sterling silver headpins w/ball BEADS 1 x white opal large oval focal piece 2 x smaller white opal ovals 10 x 10mm Czech glass flower cups clear AB 5x 4mm Swarovski crystal cubes clear AB 4x 6mm Swarovski crystal bi-cones clear 2x 6mm heishi rondelle spacers silver plated 4x 4mm heishi rondelle spacers silver plated 24x 4mm daisy spacers silver plated EARRING MATERIALS 4 x sterling silver headpins w/ball 22 gauge non tarnish silver 1pr x sterling silver earring wires 6cm x crimped chain silver plated 30cm…
