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Even those of us who have been working with jewelry for quite some time can be confused by the various terms out there.

I have been working for some time through the book Wire Jewelry Masterclass and found several designs where she called for briolettes. Looking at the designs I had a pretty good idea of what she meant but wanted to know exactly what was called for, so I did a little research.

The result of that research is today’s video. I will explain to you exactly what a briolette bead is, and also show you what it isn’t.

If you’d like to try working with these elegant beads, here are a few to choose from:

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You can see an example of briolettes in the earrings on the right pictured above. The ones on the left called for briolettes, but I ended up using just teardrop beads.

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

You can watch the Friday Findings-Briolette Beads video over at YouTube.

 

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