What is a bead?
A bead is a small, decorative object that is
pierced for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under a
millimeter to over a centimetre to well over 10 cms. Glass, plastic and
stone are the most common materials. But
beads are also made from bone, horn, ivory, metal, shell, pearl, coral,
gemstones, polymer clay, metal clay, resin, synthetic minerals, wood,
ceramic, fibre, paper, and seeds. Beads have existed since the earliest
pre-historic times. A pair of beads made from a sea snail shell are
thought to be the earliest known examples of jewellery.
(approximately 100,000 years) By the ‘dawn of
civilization’ in ancient Sumerian and Egyptians societies, the use of beads was
already ‘quite old’.It was the ancient Egyptians who discovered the process of making
glass itself.
The three walking angels (Unique piece of art) by becky
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