Would like to make jewelry with large jewelry beads but have problem with their weight as the bigger the bead, the heavier the weight? Why not choose colorful clay beads for your jewelry designs? They are lightweight and colorful, and available in different shapes and sizes.
Polymer clay is a soft, malleable material which is a easy to mould into different shapes and lends itself to the making of beads. Clay beads can be made by hand by rolling and forming different shapes, or using moulds or frameworks to create charms of unique shapes. For a more professional finish a bead rolling machine may be used which will enable you to create a quantity of beads of standard size and shape more quickly.
On today’s market, almost all the clay beads are handmade. You can easily purchase them from your local crafts stores and jewelry beads online stores. While, if you would like to get a larger selection, you’d better to choose online wholesale stores. PandaHall.com will be a good choice. It is a leading China beads, findings and gems online market. All the clay beads are handmade at high quality but with competitive wholesale prices. Those clay beads are handmade by its own workers. Clay can be colored, mixed, twisted into different shapes, moulded and layered. Mixing two or three colors together will create a marbled effect. You will find many different style clay beads there.
After you have decided what piece of jewelry you wish to make, you need to choose the clay beads according to their sizes, shapes and colors. Clay beads with different sizes, shapes and colors will show you different visual effect for the same design. You can use clay beads only to make jewelry, but also can mix them with other jewelry beads. But please keep in mind that doesn’t choose too lots of heavy jewelry beads especially in large size. They will affect your design and wear.
Making a pair of earrings is probably the simplest and quickest to make and a place to start for jewelry making beginners. If you are just one of them and want to make jewelry with large beads, you can purchase some handmade clay beads to have a try. I am sure you will enjoy it, as I have experienced it two years ago. All the clay beads and other jewelry materials are got from a China online market—PandaHall. I am very satisfied with its items, prices and service. Finding a reputable jewelry supplier is very important to jewelry maker, I found it. And I hope you will be lucky as me. Enjoy your jewelry making!
