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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
Today I decided against a set of beautiful aqua floral beads. It was
reaching the high end of my price range. Because they were tile shaped, I deleted it from my yearnings. If they had been round beads, I might have bid higher. While I am impressed with press shaped beads, I am less willing to spend on them because I like wearing and working with "round" beads better. I prefer round beads for designing purposes. I also have idiosyncrasies that make round things more attractive to me. I like beads to turn and give new views, and I like the fact that the do turn more instead of keeping one face forward, I like that they are "in the round" and that they cycle and go around (in circles). So I like things to be either round or sculptural for personal reasons too. Often more advanced bead makers like to use the different shapes available, but given the choice of that same skill level, I'd pay more for it in round beads. What do other bead buyers feel about this? Tina |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
I'm at the opposite end. G
I'm still making jewelry, especially bracelets (I get a lot of requests, and they're certainly faster to string). I (and many of my customers) find round beads more difficult to design with. The main reason I finally gave in to presses was because a) the only non-round freehand beads I make easily are teardrops and rather large bicones...not good bracelet candidates and b) I was sick to death of making round beads. I've been amazed by the positive feedback I've gotten since I started making lentils and tiles. I could kick myself for being such a heel-dragger. My favorite freehand shape is still bicones. I like all the design possibilities and they just feel good. KarenS |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
Same here - although lately I have really enjoyed playing with the round
shape - making a more chunky round and also making disk-shaped rounds. But even though I like messing with shapes sometimes, I will always return to the round - mostly because I just really enjoy making them. -- Kandice Seeber www.lampwork.net Vote for my site! http://tinyurl.com/bbcon Do you mean round round or bead shaped round? I'd love to play with all the presses, but my favorite shape is always that bead shape round. -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com To subscribe to my mailing list, send an e-mail to: with "Subscribe" in the subject line. "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Today I decided against a set of beautiful aqua floral beads. It was reaching the high end of my price range. Because they were tile shaped, I deleted it from my yearnings. If they had been round beads, I might have bid higher. While I am impressed with press shaped beads, I am less willing to spend on them because I like wearing and working with "round" beads better. I prefer round beads for designing purposes. I also have idiosyncrasies that make round things more attractive to me. I like beads to turn and give new views, and I like the fact that the do turn more instead of keeping one face forward, I like that they are "in the round" and that they cycle and go around (in circles). So I like things to be either round or sculptural for personal reasons too. Often more advanced bead makers like to use the different shapes available, but given the choice of that same skill level, I'd pay more for it in round beads. What do other bead buyers feel about this? Tina |
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Beads is beads. I likes them all. Becki |
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Whoops, I liked. I likes them all except the freaking bones. LOL becki |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
TEE HEE Becki. I think the bones are weird too.
I'm a beadmaker and make jewlwery for myself. The reason I like the pressed beads, especially for bracelets, is that I can make a larger bead that will lay flat on the wrist. If I made a round bead of that size it would stick up too much for my taste. However, I like almost any shape. Lara (ebay ID lutrick) wrote: Whoops, I liked. I likes them all except the freaking bones. LOL becki |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
I like making rounds the best (ironic since I have a million
various-sized presses with my name on them) but when I buy, I actually prefer pressed beads... the flattened ones are my favorite to wear, whether they be lentils, kaleras, squeezed, or any of the other flat shapes. Christina Peterson wrote: Today I decided against a set of beautiful aqua floral beads. It was reaching the high end of my price range. Because they were tile shaped, I deleted it from my yearnings. If they had been round beads, I might have bid higher. While I am impressed with press shaped beads, I am less willing to spend on them because I like wearing and working with "round" beads better. I prefer round beads for designing purposes. I also have idiosyncrasies that make round things more attractive to me. I like beads to turn and give new views, and I like the fact that the do turn more instead of keeping one face forward, I like that they are "in the round" and that they cycle and go around (in circles). So I like things to be either round or sculptural for personal reasons too. Often more advanced bead makers like to use the different shapes available, but given the choice of that same skill level, I'd pay more for it in round beads. What do other bead buyers feel about this? Tina -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
Lara, I think you nailed it in terms of why I like the pressed styles. I
spend a lot of time at the computer... for work and for play... and round beads are uncomfortable if you lay your wrist on the desk or on a wrist-rest. Flat beads, especially Squeezes and Nuggets, are very comfortable. They also lie nicely under jacket sleeves, and I noticed that I rarely wear bracelets in the cooler months because of sleeve issues, but flatter beads work very well even under jacket sleeves. Lara wrote: TEE HEE Becki. I think the bones are weird too. I'm a beadmaker and make jewlwery for myself. The reason I like the pressed beads, especially for bracelets, is that I can make a larger bead that will lay flat on the wrist. If I made a round bead of that size it would stick up too much for my taste. However, I like almost any shape. Lara (ebay ID lutrick) wrote: Whoops, I liked. I likes them all except the freaking bones. LOL becki -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe |
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Bead shapes (Or, Am I the only one?)
I like flat and tabular beads for the reasons above and also I like
having it lay a certain way, especailly focals. A tabular bead drilled through the upper third for instance can be relied on not to flip around or backwards. I find that easier to design for, also bigger rounds feel clunky to me, sticking out too far. I also find odd shapes creatively more stimulating than rounds. Ingrid http://www.mermaidscove.com |
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