bead making – Beads By Katrina

Roman Empire Is Now Available!

March 16, 2024 beadsbykatrina

Roman Empire is now available at https://beadsbykatrina.etsy.com.

This beautiful bracelet features bronze, gold, pearl, and pewter polymer clay printed beads that were entirely handmade by me.

I make the polymer clay beads using the time consuming millefiori, or caning technique. I put different color clay together in such a way to make a “cane” and then cut thin slices off of the cane and roll them onto a core bead that I have previously hand rolled. I then string the beads on jewelers’ elastic.

Bead Size: my handmade polymer clay beads are approximately 8-9mm. Please note that these bead sizes are for this bracelet only.

Reach For The Stars is Now Available!

January 27, 2024 beadsbykatrina

“Reach for the Stars” is now available at https://beadsbykatrina.etsy.com!
This polymer clay bead bracelet features beads with a unique black glitter, white, and blue design. The design is put in the clay through the time consuming millefiori technique, or “caning.” After I have put the different color clays together in such a way as to make the cane, I then cut thin slices off of the cane and place those slices on a plain clay core bead that I have previously handrolled. The designs are NOT painted on the beads and the beads are strung on jewelers’ elastic.

Bead Size: my handmade polymer clay beads are approximately 9-10mm. Please note that these bead sizes are for this bracelet only.