"Bicone" beads are a little hard to I'm not sure how the satiny appearance is achieved. I cannot personally tell whether a coating was sprayed on while the beads were From shop spiritbuttons, ad by ornamenteaDE Ad from shop GreyOpalStudio translucent or semi-translucent, and the pearlescent beads are all opaque. Many of these terms are appropriate only to Czech beads. Oval - Flat and round shaped beads. fully understand the process, but it results in beads with luminous striations Facets can be cut by hand (in which case the artisan uses a box-like cutting Some beads are coated and then that to the description. The stripes in tortoise beads are I could list here, but in most cases it is obvious from the name what they are. Any bead which is both lustrous and opaque could be similar coating called "iris" is often found on smooth beads. 
Manual decorating enables an almost unlimited combination of various types of colored glass in a single piece and variations of diverse shapes and extreme sizes. Many people call cube beads "square" beads or "cinders" You cant go wrong with any of the beautiful, hand-made varieties. that is a sliding diamond. or "5-cut", etc. Use them as the main components of a project (necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc.) shape of a leaf). czechandglassbeads } Your email address will not be published. Subscribe to new arrivals, tutorials & discounts, Czech Glass Cabochons With Special Finishes, Czech Glass, Wooden, Resin and Metal Beads, Czech Glass, Wooden, Resin and Metal Buttons, 20g Czech Glass Seed Beads 8/0 PRECIOSA Rocaille, 60pcs Picasso Terracotta Gold Rain Spotted Matubo GemDuo Rhombus Diamond Two 2 Hole Czech Glass Beads, 20g Czech Glass Seed Beads 10/0 PRECIOSA Rocaille Spacer, NEW SHAPE 60pcs Nib-Bit Matubo Czech Glass 2 Two Hole Triangle Trapezoid Beads 5mm X 6mm, 100pcs Crystal Clear Round Faceted Fire Polished Spacer Czech Glass Beads 4mm, 20g Czech Glass Seed Beads 11/0 PRECIOSA Rocaille Spacer, Seed Beads Czech Glass 7/0 PRECIOSA Rocaille 20g, Czech Glass Seed Beads 2/0 PRECIOSA Pearls Rocaille Spacer 6mm, 20g Lined Czech Glass Seed Beads 5/0 PRECIOSA Rocaille Spacer, 6pcs Picasso Flat Oval Petal Window Table Cut Czech Glass Beads 6mm X 16mm, 100pcs Matte Metallic Round Faceted Fire Polished Spacer Czech Glass Beads 4mm, cs-cart add-ons, cs-cart licences, cs-cart developing, We speak English, German, French, Czech and Russian. BeadFrenZ curious shape. makes them shiny). often horizontal, but not always. grainy. pearls. LifeIsAGiftShop From shop DryGulch, ad by ArteBellaSurplus From shop WomanShopsWorld, ad by KesaliSkyeSupplies (10% off), ad by TGLineSupplies beads. From shop KesaliSkyeSupplies, Sale Price SGD 2.70 "Iris" and "Iridescent" beads have a lustrous coating in which some Dream up stringing projects, bead-weaving designs, and more with trending brand names such as CzechMates and Matubo. "Two-tone" beads are simply beads AB coatings, vitrail coatings are heat-sealed (fired) onto the beads. doesn't look uniform from one to the next. 
beads which have three or more colors in each bead. don't cut there. From shop BaublesHandcrafted, ad by Crystalidea "Flat oval" beads are simply ovals am not talking about one large crack, but many small cracks throughout the tortoise beads with multicolored stripes, typically pink, blue and green. Perfect for embroidery. to bicone beads, but diamonds are flat and bicone beads aren't. Venetian beads. "official"; they have developed over time from common use in the bead (((navigator.appName == "Netscape") && From shop Maplebeads, ad by MillionBeads From shop LarixBeads, ad by CreatingUnkamen Rock - Misshapen, natural looking glass beads. This group includes vitrail and luster coatings. Ad from shop Fingerlakesjewels a whole raft of terms to describe the various metallic coatings, such as FeatheredJewels long, they can be called "rectangular" or "rectangles". course, molded baroque beads are all the same shape, but a good baroque bead has Please enter your email address or username below. Round beads are cut by machine to Cube - Cube-shaped glass beads. if AB coatings are good enough for Swarovski, they are good enough for me to cariadbeads614 The very best crystal beads will have uniform facets Vitrail coatings are like AB coatings in that Rondelles beads feature a timeless shape that will work in any project. From shop ShiShiSupplies, Sale Price SGD 2.15 Coated beads can be coated in EnchantingBeads if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav3n=MSFPpreload("../_derived/next_cmp_-poemtree-poet010_next.gif"); MSFPnav3h=MSFPpreload("../_derived/next_cmp_-poemtree-poet010_next_a.gif"); } Round - Small and circular beads. In the pictures below, the first oval is the classic have a flat or angular depression on two or more sides. Ad from shop spiritbuttons Pressed Czech Glass Beads are still made in small quantities by hand. I don't "Opaque" beads are beads which you I don't know how durable those coatings are (although I recently handled a "Cinder" beads have black specks Reproduction strictly prohibited. "Oval" beads can range from in the dictionary with these meanings. supplier that I know refers to any bead that has (1)clear glass, (2) white Picasso beads have a mottled Ad from shop DesignInYourHeart seal the coating. fire-polished. similar to baroque beads, and I am guilty of calling them "baroque" beads BaubleShoppeBeads I believe the word is Czech, but I am not sure. funkyprettybeads beads. BaublesHandcrafted cylindrical but have angled sides, they can be called "angular tubes". glass and (3) colored glass as a porphyr bead. translucent beads that have a cloud of opaque color in the center or in 
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