Metal Beads
Metal beads have been a firm favourite with jewellery makers and bead lovers alike and our hand-picked range at The Bead Shop showcases the finest beads for all designs. Whether it is using small spacer beads in a larger piece to balance things out or an elaborate Tibetan style bead as your focal point, these beads provide a perfectly coordinated finish with your findings and stringing materials. Perfect for combining with your favourite Swarovski Crystal Beads or Semi Precious Stones for the ideal finishing touch.
About Metal Beads
We sell many types of metal beads at The Bead Shop. Our plain spacer beads are usually used between feature beads or charms in a piece of jewellery such as a bracelet or necklace. They’re usually much more simplistic than feature beads and can help to tone down and neutralise a piece of jewellery that includes some very eye-catching beads or jewels. Some people use them to draw attention to feature beads.
As they are often cheap to buy, they can be used to keep the cost of making a piece of jewellery down without having to shorten it.
They can often be made out of metal and, providing the jewellery maker selects metal beads which match the findings, they can be used in a harmonious way to create a piece of jewellery which is carefully coordinated. Metal beads can be teamed perfectly with hematite beads or placed comfortably in a Shamballa bracelet. They can also be paired alongside pearl beads to give them an edgy touch.
Spacer beads aren’t always spherical. By choosing ring shaped beads the gaps in between regular beads can be reduced. Tube shaped spacer beads are also available in a range of platings such as silver, black and gold.If you want to create a bracelet or piece of jewellery with eye-catching spacer beads, stardust beads may be right for you. Covered in glitter, they can often compliment an already glistening piece of handmade jewellery.