One of our suppliers in Venice came up with a clever way to use the broken beads for the holiday season, which send me right out to collect a box of broken beads and get started.
Base of Stryofoam
A quick trip to a craft store for the cone and some pins with colored balls on the end got me started. Then is was only the selection of beads, of which we have a large quantity. Let me know if you want to buy some broken beads ;>)
I put the larger beads at the bottom and graduated upwards. Since I absolutely prefer asymmetrical, I never gave a throught to pattern, unlike the one sent to me from Venice. Since I wasn’t going to break any beads to use, I didn’t have as many red as I might have liked.
Venetian Bead Christmas Tree
I put a couple of our “hurt” bears along side the tree. They look perfectly happy to be by the tree, even missing an arm. You could use beads that are not broken and just remove them after the holidays. It would be a fun project for the youngsters (as long as they are safe with the pins). If you wanted to leave it as it, then using a glue gun would be your best bet.
What began as a fascination with the glass of Murano has become a way of life. Our webstore has all you will need to make jewelry, quality findings, stringing materials, Swarovski Crystals and a lot more, but our main focus is the Venetian Glass Bead. We have been an integral part in promoting Venetian glass beads throughout the world as well as helping to breathe new life into traditional Venetian techniques. A few years ago, we introduced our line of Venetian Dichroics to the US through as a result of years of efforts with our beadmakers in Murano. We continue to bring new and innovative ideas to this age old industry. Most recently, we developed the Furnace Glass along with our partner furnace in Venice. It's a blend of old glass making techniques to work with new fashion ideas.
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3 thoughts on “What do you do with your Broken Beads?”
I’d love to buy some broken beads. Please let me know the prices. No hurry, I don’t need them for Christmas. The tree is adorable.
Art is art. Quality is all. Nothing to do with quantity. Quantity is good it’s the evidence of hard work. Art is not a product of lack of work. If something is good it’s good. Experience and knowledge tend to increase the production of good quality work.
I’d love to buy some broken beads. Please let me know the prices. No hurry, I don’t need them for Christmas. The tree is adorable.
Mary
Art is art. Quality is all. Nothing to do with quantity. Quantity is good it’s the evidence of hard work. Art is not a product of lack of work. If something is good it’s good. Experience and knowledge tend to increase the production of good quality work.
What fun! and how clever!