Shape: Round
Circa: 1980s
Quantity per pack: 10 Beads
Measurements:
- 10mm to 12mm in size (we have listed them as 12mm in the title for ease of listing the beads)
- Threading Hole: 1mm to 1.25mm
- Sizes are approximate as all the beads are hand crafted.
Making the Beads - a simplified explanation in how they are made:
- Polymer clays of different colours are made into a long 'sausage' to make the pattern.
- This cane is then pulled and pulled, similar to how candy and glass are made. This can made a thick cane into a long thin cane ready for bead making.
- The cane is then sliced into shapes to make beads &/or pendants.
- These round beads have been made by first having a 'core' of one colour polymer clay.
- Slices from the cane, or even scraps from previously made pendants etc, are then pressed closely together all over the bead.
- Can you imagine the work in covering every single little bead? This would explain why they are quite a pricey bead to purchase.
Can you see all the colours & shapes in these amazing beads? They were made in Capetown, South Africa many many years ago & we have stock of these in so many varieties! These old polymer clay beads feel very velvety to touch, whereas modern clay beads like this just feel cold & like plastic, even though they are clay. The quality and craftsmanship of these pendants and beads are out of this world!
Please see our other listings for more shapes & themes as we get them listed.
