Silver Treatments on Glass BeadsPosted by Susan Kennedy on November 21, 2012 at 5:00amView Blog
There are many ways to add silver to your glass beads! I'll list a few here today, if you have any other suggestions, please post them in the comments! I'm always looking for new ideas!
The first way to add silver to your glass beads is with fine silver wire. I'm not sure why, but you are supposed to use fine silver wire as opposed to the silver jewelry wire you might have on hand. I order my fine silver wire from Monsterslayer. I like them and they always have up-to-date pricing as the silver market is so volatile lately. I use 30 gauge silver wire, but there are different gauges available. I like 30 gauge because it's more delicate. If you want to use higher gauge wire, you can get different effects, like actually placing thought-out dots on your bead!
I cut easily usable lengths of silver wire (about 9 inches or so) and clip the hemos at the measure I…
There are many ways to add silver to your glass beads! I'll list a few here today, if you have any other suggestions, please post them in the comments! I'm always looking for new ideas!
The first way to add silver to your glass beads is with fine silver wire. I'm not sure why, but you are supposed to use fine silver wire as opposed to the silver jewelry wire you might have on hand. I order my fine silver wire from Monsterslayer. I like them and they always have up-to-date pricing as the silver market is so volatile lately. I use 30 gauge silver wire, but there are different gauges available. I like 30 gauge because it's more delicate. If you want to use higher gauge wire, you can get different effects, like actually placing thought-out dots on your bead!
I cut easily usable lengths of silver wire (about 9 inches or so) and clip the hemos at the measure I…