Summary: Keep jewelry beads on with crimp beads. Learn how to use crimp beads in this free crafting video clip from a professional jewelry artist.
Hydra Alexander has been a jewelry artist since 1991. She has traveled all over the U.S. making and selling her arts and crafts. She uses many mediums, such as wire, hemp, nylon, and...read more
"Ok so in order to put a clasp on tiger tail you need crimp beads. Crimp beads are very tiny and they come in silver and gold and copper and also other kinds of metals as well. And I will demonstrate how this works. Say this is the end of a necklace ok and you put the crimp bead on and you put the wire back into the crimp bead like that. And you will need a pair of pliers or bead crimper or crimp bead crimper's and that's how that works and it keeps it steady. And you put your clasp on the end like that. And that's how a crimp bead works."
eHow Article: Crimp Beads for Jewelry
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