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Do you also desperately want to add these big silicone beads to your collection? We sure do! Big silicone beads are super trendy. Design your own trendy jewellery like earrings, bracelets and necklaces with our new items. Mix and match these beads in a set of bracelets with stitched velved cord, your customers will love it!

• High Quality Big Silicone Beads:These silicone beads for jewelry bracelets making kit are made of high quality silicone, soft and smooth, no seams, uniform holes, durable and sturdy, won’t be worn or fade, odorless, easy to clean and reusable and safe to use.
• Enjoy The Fun Of Diy:Easy to match, easy to make, you can not only enjoy the fun of diy, but also make beautiful key rings, bracelets for your family and friends.
• Comfortable and Adjustable: It can be made into classic, keychains, bracelets. it's a really nice look and the tassel and includes rings are all nice too. The big silicone beads will not get caught in the skin, they feel comfortable when you wear them. At the same time all our sets come with an elastic rope and a nylon cord that will wrap around your wrist perfectly.
• Thoughtful Gift:Easy diy keychain bracelet that can save you trouble, keep your keys and keep your hands free. Stop searching and buy these big silicone beads for bracelet making and you'll never lose your keys again. The sets make great gifts for your family, friends, loved ones, colleagues, classmates on birthdays, Mother’s day, anniversaries.

Large Silicone Beads  - Did you Know  Section- Hystory of beads

Bead History - Ancient Artform

Beads have been made of glass for over 5,000 years. The discovery of fire was the essential step in glass bead making. There is evidence as early as 2340-2180 BC in Mesopotamia of a method known as "core-forming" where they used a metal mandrel with pieces of glass held over a flame. Gradually as the glass soften, they would wrap it around the mandrel forming intricate ornaments.

These early beads, or vessels were considered valuable and were preserved as they were placed in burial tombs. In Nuzi (130 miles north of Baghdad) beads were discovered that date to around 1400 BC. Even today, we make beads by holding glass rods over a flame then gently winding the molten glass over the mandrels. The invention of the blow pipe in gave way to the creation of the Rosetta bead and the seed beads which sustained the bead making industry in Venice for centuries. Beadmaking is truly an ancient artform.

Beadmaking in Venice

The history of beadmaking in Venice goes back to the days of Marco Polo when he returned from his travels with the beads of Asia. Local artisians took to their glass making skills to reproduce in glass the precious stones of Marco Polo.

In Venice and Murano, the beading industry has historically been a woman's work. In the picture above you see the women working while caring for their children. During the 1920s - 1930s, the conterie (seed bead) industry sustained Venice's glass industry. The wars took the men from the furnaces and between World War I and World War II there was little time to build up the industry. During the 1930s there were as many as 30 companies making the tiny beads, employing hundreds of women.

Types of Beads Produced in Venice

• Seedbead – Conterie - Hollow tubes produced then chopped and refired for smoothness and color. Sold in shanks prestrung or by the kilo. Used in decorative jewelry and clothing. The peak of this production was in the early 1900s and today the industry is non-existent in Murano.
• Rosetta or Chevron - Produced from the canes known as Rosetta which had a center hole. First produced in Murano at the end of the 14th Century. It was made of a hollow cane and six layers of glass (white, blue, white, brick red, white then finally blue). It was ground to produce patterns of 5 concentric stars with twelve points. The canes were chopped and this production method increased greatly the quantities of beads which could be sold. Later as this cane was produced without the hole and the Millefiori canes were born which today create the famous Murano Millefiori beads or sometimes known as lace beads.
• Blown Beads (Venetian Blown) - With the introduction of the lampwork flame, beadmakers discovered they could melt the canes and then blow the glass. Today our spiral blown beads and beads with stripes of color are produced using the Filigrana Method where canes of glass are laid down and picked up with a blow pipe.
• Lampwork or Wound Beads or Perle a Lume Venetian Beads. Often called wound beads because the melting glass is wound over a mandrel. Originally the Venetian beads were wound over a ferrous mandrel which had been covered with a mixture of silica and clay which gave the bead some room for contraction when it cooled and helped remove the bead from the mandrel. This material was originally known as "fango" meaning mud and legend is that it was, indeed, the mud from the lagoon.

In the 1920s copper mandrels were introduced into Murano by the Moretti firm and soon became the standard for making beads. It was considered an economical as the mandrels did not need to be coated and minimized breakage in removing from the mandrel because mandrel was cut off just below the bead and the entire bead was placed in Nitric Acid which etched the copper from inside the bead. However, environmental standards are adding to the cost of this process and many small beadmakers do not have the equipment, rather they take bags of beads to one or two shops who specialize in this etching process. Today's beadmakers in Venice and Murano use both methods, using stainless steel with a bead release material for more delicate beads or beads with silver which tends to burn (turn dark) if it touches the acid. Murano beads are made much in the same was as thousands of years ago

Silicone Beads wholesale

• Quality Material: These jewelry making beads are made of quality silicone material, without any BPA, PVC or metal, which is reliable and safe for you to use. Not easy to break, fade or wear, providing you with a long service life
• Simple and Fun DIY: With classic elements and a large hole, our rubber beads are simple to DIY bracelets, necklaces, keychains, earrings, pendants and so on, which is easy to match your clothes in different colors or styles
• Ideal Gifts: Silicone beads for keychain making are interesting accessories, ideal gifts for your families, friends, colleagues or classmateson birthday, holiday, Christmas, back to school season or other important occasions
• Easy to Clean: Cow silicone beads are easy to clean, You only need to put the silicone craft beads under warm water and wash with soap. You can also rinse them directly under the running water, easy to store and maintenance

Cheapest place to buy bulk Silicone Beads are wholesale suppliers

Did you know

About buying in bulk

Bulk purchasing or mass buying is the purchase of much larger quantities than the usual, for a unit price that is lower than the usual.

Wholesaling is selling goods in large quantities at a low unit price to retail merchants. The wholesaler will accept a slightly lower sales price for each unit, if the retailer will agree to purchase a much greater quantity of units, so the wholesaler can maximize profit. A wholesaler usually represents a factory where goods are produced. The factory owners can use economy of scale to increase profit as the quantity sold increases.

Bulk purchasing is when a consumer captures part of the benefits of economy of scale by doing with the retailer what the retailer does with the wholesaler: paying a lower price per unit in exchange for purchasing much larger quantities. This allows the consumer to satisfy more of his or her demands at a lower total cost by acquiring more use value per dollar spent.

It’s always a good time to look for ways to save — especially on products that you love or use often. And buying in bulk can potentially help you save more money in the long run. Buying a large quantity of an item at once brings several potential benefits:

• Reduced packaging waste.
• Saving more on items that you frequently use. Bulk sizes can have a higher initial cost, but the per-unit cost can be less expensive over time.
• Fewer shopping sessions — which may reduce your shipping costs and also your chances of impulse buying.
• Having large quantities of an item on hand to be better prepared for urgent arts and craft projects.

Before purchasing, check the per-unit cost to make sure you are fully taking advantage of bulk purchasing advantages.

Buying in bulk can be great for large families, but it can also be useful for smaller households.

“Find a friend, family member or neighbor who you can split bulk purchases with,” Andrea Woroch said in an email. Woroch is a nationally recognized consumer savings expert. “This way, you benefit from the lower price per unit cost without burdening yourself with oversized packages and limited storage.” If you live alone, you should stick to purchasing space-saving essential items, Woroch said.

“For instance, a bulk bottle of shampoo won't take up that much more room in your shower compared to a smaller size,” she said, and “neither would the larger container of daily vitamins.” A single bulk-sized item will be easier to store than, say, a 12-pack of paper towels.

There are different product that she also recommends that you buy in bulk, like paper towels, batteries or gift cards. Buying in bulk makes a difference for any product that you use often, and this can be different from person to person. If you are an arts and crafts enthusiast or a dyi jewelry lover then buying cheap bulk silicone beads can bring you really good savings.

You’ll spend less over time by stocking up on beads before you run out of them. Beads don’t expire so buying these in bulk is a smart move, especially since it will get you the cheapest price per unit. If you are a business owner and make a living from creating jewelry or chewelry form silicone beads, then definitely buying in bulk makes sense.

Silicone Beads Wholesale

Clever Beads is proud to provide silicone at the highest industry standard. Our beads are manufactured in Europe and China. Precision molds ensure soft, even and high quality beads from top-quality raw materials. High speed injection molding deliver tailored solutions

DYI jewelry making does not involve a lot of experience, equipment and knowledge. Transforming raw materials into beautiful jewelry is easy as 1, 2, 3. Even the most intricate jewelry pieces can now be made affordably on a large scale.

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