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Bead Sizes - Venetian Bead Sizes-
Shop by size, click on a size below and take a look at all the beads
in that size, you will find Venetian Beads and Murano Beads in round,
squares, stars, moons, crosses, hearts, tubes, curves and all possible
shapes within a particular bead size. Our Murano beads are handmade and
as such the size is only an approximation. Handmade beads will vary from
bead to bead. This is part of the beauty of the Venetian beads.
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| Bead Sizes |
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| 6mm |
Smallest beads used as accent or fillers |
| 8mm |
Small Venetian Beads, used as fillers and sometimes
earrings. Often used in bracelets |
| 10mm |
This Venetian Bead is a nice size for a necklace
or earrings or bracelets |
| 12mm |
A size which is good for necklaces and bracelets |
| 14mm |
This is a little more than 1/2 inch and most often
used in necklaces. |
| 16mm |
Use in Necklaces, stickpins |
| 17-18mm |
Use in Necklaces, stickpins |
| 19-21mm |
Use in Necklaces, stickpins |
| 22-26mm |
Size is about 1 inch so for focal beads, center
piece beads and stickpins |
| 27-30mm
(1 inch) |
Size is about 1 inch so for focal beads, center
piece beads and stickpins |
| 31mm+
(large) |
These are our largest beads, some about 40 mm
so they are naturally for center pieces and focal beads in your
Venetian Jewelry |
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This is a quick glance of the sizes of beads found in our Venetian Bead
Shop. Our Venetian beads are handmade in the centuries old tradition known
as lampwork or a lume, the Italian word for working with the torch. Venice
began as the city of glass but with the fires and political events all
glass furnaces were moved to Murano in late thirteenth century. However
as part of the movement which precluded any glass making in Venice, it
did approve the working with the lume (flame) in Venice which accommodated
the then thriving home based business of making beads. Today the tradition
continues with the canes for these Murano glass beads being produced in
Murano and many of our bead makers living and working in Venice. Please
enjoy our Venetian beads and Murano glass beads.
Our mouth blown beads, particularly the bicolors, the filigrana and two
color swirls are the only beads actually produced in the Murano glass
furnaces. They are produced by working in the same manner as glassblowers
who make filigrana Murano glass vases and Venetian wine glasses. It is
a different type of work than working over a torch. We also have a line
of Murano blown beads which are produced by torch, our blown Murano Glass
hearts.
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