Beads & Jewelry Making

The Craze of Beaded Jewelry Among Women   by Aland Williams

Beads have been around for as long as there has been man, even the Neanderthals had beads on their clothes and they also had beaded jewelry. As long as man has been able to bore holes into pieces of materials like bone, horn, seeds, wood, pottery, metals and glass, the use of beads is not just a craze for women, but historically, they were also the craze among men.

Take for example the Egyptians who were prime examples of jewelry craft. Both the men and the women wore those fantastic collars made of beads. They were able to combine so many colors in one collar that they did not need to wear extravagant clothes to look fashionable.

There were also beads found in China that dated back to the Bronze Age; the Romans had glass beads; the Etruscans had beaded jewelry in the form of necklaces, rings, earrings, broaches, bracelets, arm bands and more; and there were also pottery beads discovered in Syria that dates way back to the 5th and the 10th centuries.

Today, beads are used by everyone on practically everything. One great example of beaded jewelry set on clothes were those seen on the wedding dress of Sarah Fergusson when she married Prince Andrew of England. Fashion designers like Monique Lhuillier and others who are known to dress the famous actresses of Hollywood consider their beaded gowns as their masterpieces