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The manufacture of these beads requires a large glass furnace and annealing kiln. Among other purposes, it serves as a stopover city with full services for travelers between Phoenix, AZ and Los Angeles, CA. They are made using traditional glassworking techniques from Italy that are more often used to make art glass objects. Blythe is a small city near the California/Arizona border in the United States. Furnace glass are a special type of art bead. They are usually first shown by a vector-styled design with variations before it is comfirmed. Magatama are traditional Japanese beads, and cinnabar was often used for beads in China. Takara frequently releases new versions of Blythe.

Rudraksha beads are customary in India for making Buddhist and Hindu rosaries (malas). In August 2005, Takara announced that they will introduce a new head mold which reportedly will have the highpoints of both Excellent and Superior Blythes. Other ethnic beads include Dzi beads and African brass beads. The new head mold necessitates that, in order for inner-head customizations to be done, they must be sawn open. Other beads considered trade beads are those made in Africa, by and for Africans, such as Kiffa beads. New face mold and new sparkly eye chips. Precious metals and ivory are also imitated. SBL (Superior): February 2004-Present.

Often beads are made to look like a more expensive original material, especially in the case of fake pearls and simulated rocks, minerals, and gemstones. Unlike the earlier Licca body, EBL bodies do not have bendable arms, though their legs have three "clicks" at the knee. Styles and colors go in and out of production, so vintage cuts and colors are often prized with a similarly associated price tag. New body is introduced. They are a high-lead crystal, have an incredible sparkle and clarity, and are often multi-faceted to resemble gemstones. EBL (Excellent): June 2002-October 2003. Swarovski crystal beads are also prized by hobbyists. Licca body is used, matte face for some models.

Chevron beads are a specific, historically important type of trade bead. BL: June 2001-March 2002. Trade beads are various types of beads made in Europe specifically to be used in the slave trade and other trading in Africa. For example, the legs do not bend as well as the later releases. Pressed glass beads are formed by pressing the hot glass into mold to give the bead its shape. Earlier releases uses the BL body, which has some disadvantages. Millefiori beads are made with mutiple canes of glass fused together to make an all-over flower pattern. The bodies of blythes varies depending on the time of the release.

When the base bead has been formed, other colors of glass can be added to the surface to create many designs. . Lampwork beads are made by using a torch to heat a rod of glass and spinning the resulting thread around a metal rod covered in bead release.
. The beads are glazed in a red hot oven after being machine faceted. Kenner is now owned by Hasbro. The pattern of facets is always the same and the resulting bead is somewhat oval in the larger sizes. She also does not advertise her professional life.

They are popular in jewelry and come in sizes from 4mm to 15 mm. Unlike Barbie, Blythe does not have a boyfriend. Fire-polished beads are faceted glass beads from the Czech republic. The measurements of Petit Blythe: 1.77-1.18-16.5 (in inch) or 45-30-42 (in mm). They are composed of many consecutive layers of colored glass which are then cut to show the resulting chevron pattern. The measurements of Blythe: 4.17-2.76-3.89 (in inch) or 106-70-99 (in mm). Chevron Beads are special glass beads, originally made for the slave trade in Africa by glassmakers in Italy. Newer releases of the Petit Blythe dolls have moveable eyelids and bendable bodies.

Seed beads used by craftspersons should not be confused with Seed Beads™: laboratory-grown beads made of PTFE used to generate seeds of protein crystals. There are two types of Blythe dolls: the 28 cm version and the 11.2 cm "Petit Blythe." Only large dolls have color-changing eyes. There are also good seed beads from France that are available in historic "old-time" colors and are popular for use in repairing or replicating antiquities. There is a market network of hobbyist Blythe clothiers, designers, and customizers. Japanese seed beads are more uniform than the Czech ones and have larger holes for the same size of bead. A vibrant Blythe subculture flourishes on the Internet, predominantly in forums and usergroups. Most of today's good quality seed beeds are made in Japan or the Czech Republic. One panelist asked if she could take a doll home! In 2004, the Ashton-Drake Galleries began to produce their own Blythe replica dolls in the United States.

These are called "the most brilliant of all seed beads". In 2003 she was the subject in a segment on the popular VH1 special, I Love the 70s, where she was said to look like either "Barbie with Elephantiasis" or "Christina Ricci" among other things. Charlotte cuts are seed beads that have a single facet per bead to add sparkle. Success in Japan led Blythe back to the U.S., where she become a niche product in a marginal market, selling largely to adults. There are now 3 versions of cylinder beads:. Blythe was used in a television advertising campaign by the Parco department store in Japan and was an instant hit. Rows and columns in weaving line up more uniformly, so pattern work comes out more accurate and even. Later that year, Hasbro (Kenner's successor) gave the rights to make Blythe dolls to Takara of Japan.

Because the ends are flat instead of rounded, work created with cylinder beads has a flat, smooth texture. In 2002, Gina published her first book of Blythe photography with Chronicle Books, This is Blythe. Unlike regular rounded seed beads, the cylinder beads are quite uniform in shape and size and have large holes for their size. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter with CWC's Junko Wong brought Blythe to the attention of Parco and toy executives. During the last decade, a new shape of Japanese seed beads, the cylinder bead, has become increasingly popular. She began taking her Blythe everywhere with her and took hundreds of photos. Many of the tubed beads you see hanging in the craft stores are stamped with their name on the bottoms, indicating both a wholesale and retail packaging setup. In 1997, New York TV and video producer Gina Garan was given a 1972 Kenner Blythe by a friend and began using it to practice her photographic skills.

Toho, the other major Japanese supplier, seems to have a more flexible packaging policy. Thirty years after her first release date, Blythe regained popularity. To accommodate the average "wholesale" customer, whether it be a bead shop or designer, some larger distributors have made deals to receive their wholesale packages of beads in smaller (50 to 250 gram) pre-packaged sizes. She was not very popular and faded from store shelves quickly. One major supplier, Miyuki, sells factory packages which contain up to 1 kg of beads, and are almost always repackaged into tubes or other containers for retail sale. (produced in Hong Kong), during 1972. Thus, a 250 gram wholesale package would fill 25 tubes -- a bit more than the average beader would need. Blythe dolls were only sold for one year in the U.S.

Standard Japanese seed beads are usually sold in approximately 10 gram tubes. Her most unique and notable feature were blinkable eyes that changed color with the pull of a string attached to the back of her head. More expensive beads may be sold in 2.5 or 5 gram units. Reportedly, she was modeled after drawings by Margaret Keane, similarly to many other dolls of the '60s and '70s. Most Japanese seed beads are repackaged for retail sale in manageable quantities based on price codes. Blythe is a doll created in 1972 by the now-defunct American toy company Kenner. Japanese beads are sold by gram weight, never by the hank, despite some seller claims on eBay. una.

As the steel dies wear eventually, they are replaced. susie sad eyes. Manual and automatic machinery is in use in the Czech Republic. little miss no name. Seed bead machinery uses glass rods softened to a red heat, fed into a steel die stamp that forms the shape of the bead with a reciprocating needle that forms the hole. sekiguchi coco. Glass rods made with concentric layers of color or stripes of color can be used to make patterns of color in seed beads. pullip.

An exterior coating of a metallic film adds a lustre to seed beads called "AB" - Aurora Borealis. Darling Blythe. Linings of pink or blue are also common. Blythe on Beauty. Transparent seed beads benefit from lining the interior hole in silver, gold, copper. Hello Blythe! Addresses. The color of the bead can be transparent or opaque. Hello Blythe! Journal.

Examples of true black glass are circulating in jewelry pieces made to comemerate the funeral of Queen Victoria. Dear Blythe 2: Love, Gina. The receipe for a true black glass was lost during World War I, and modern black glass held to sunlight is a deep purple. Dear Blythe : Love, Gina. Formulas for different colors of glass are closely guarded. Blythe Style. The color glass rods are produced from a larger mass melt of some 10 metric tons. This is Blythe.

The excess glass is recycled to form new rods. P-PBL 03 Mondrian (new eye and body). The beads are produced in the Czech Republic using a 10 kilogram rod of color glass. P-PBL 02 Rosie Red (new eye and body). A production run of a custom made seed bead is 8 kilograms. P-PBL 01 Hollywood (new eye and body). Purchasing Czech beads by the hank is usually a better value than the repackaged beads by far. KPBL-6 Fluffy Cuddly Bed Time.

A hank of size 2 bugles or size 11 seed beads generally weighs between 30 and 40 grams, depending on manufacturing variations, coatings or linings. KPBL05 Piyo Piyo Messenger. Not every 20 inch strand of size 11 beads weighs the same. KPBL03 Poseidon's Treasure. When Czech beads are repackaged, they are usually sold by the gram, which creates some confusion on how many beads come on a hank. KPBL02 Bear Hug. They are very often repackaged into tubes, bags, or other containers for retail sale, in quantities varying from 5 grams to 40 or more grams. KPBL01 Feline Fancy.

Czech seed beads are sold from the factories by the hank. CWC Limited Mono Comme Ca. Some vintage 18/0 hanks have had 10 strands of 8-10 inches (200 to 250 mm) each. CWC Limited Mitten. For example, Charlotte size 13/0 cut beads are generally on short hanks, containing 12 twelve-inch strands. CWC Limited Milk. Different hanks (age, type, size) have had from 8 to 14 strands, and lengths have varied from 8 to 20 inches per strand. CWC Limited Princess Tutuphant.

Different sizes and types of beads may be sold in hanks which have different numbers and lengths of strands. CWC Limited Hohoho. There are usually 12 strands of 20 inches of strung beads in each modern hank of 11/o beads. CWC Limited Bubbly Blue Bunny. A hank is unit bundle of strands of seed beads or bugle beads. CWC Limited Happy Everyday. Seed beads are sold either by "hank" or by gram weight. CWC Limited Velvet Minuet.

. CWC Limited Fairy Girl. Unfortunately online verdors will typically not explain the correlation between size numbers and aughts and millimeters. CWC Limited Piccadilly Dolly. Size numbers are also used. CWC Limited Honey Bunny. The origin of the name is debatable. 4th anniversary Princess Cinema.

The term "aught" refers to how many beads can fit into a standard unit. 3rd anniversary Art Attack. The most popular seed bead size is 11/0 ("eleven-aught"), but sizes range from 22/0 (believed to be the smallest) to 6/0 or 5/0 (the largest). 2nd anniversary Nike. Larger seed beads are used in various fiber crafts for embellishment, or crochet with fiber or wire. PBL TRU EX A Go Go. They may be used for simple stringing, or as spacers between other beads in jewelry. PBL TRU EX Birdie Blue.

Usually rounded in shape, seed beads are most commonly used for loom and off-loom bead weaving. PBL TRU EX 03 Fancy Pancy. "Seed Bead" is a generic term for any small bead. PBL TRU EX 02 Cherry Berry. Seed Beads are uniformly shaped, spheroidal beads ranging in size from under a millimetre to several millimetres. PBL TRU EX 01 Dottie Dot. . PBL-50 Tokyo Toddler.

Types of decorative beads include:. PBL-49 Mamalade Heart. fabric, clay). PBL-48 Butter Cake Afternoon. Beads can be woven together with specialized thread, or adhered to a surface (e.g. PBL-47 Kingyo Bijin. Beadwork is the craft of making things with beads. PBL-45 Forest Clover.

Glass, plastic, and stone are probably the most common materials, but beads are also made from bone, horn, ivory, metal, shell, pearl, coral, gemstones, polymer clay, metal clay, resin, synthetic minerals, wood, ceramic, fiber, paper, and the seeds of the Bead tree. PBL-46 Please Plie. Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter in diameter. PBL-44 Cassandra Black. As an alternative to piercing, plastic beads may be Moulded Onto a Thread during manufacturing; these MOT beads are often used for the throw necklaces worn at Mardi Gras. PBL-43 Groovy Groove. A bead is a small, decorative object that is pierced for threading or stringing. PBL-42 First Plum.

Aiko - an all new, extremely precise bead made by Toho, and introduced in 2005. PBL-41 I Love You It's True. Treasures (formerly Antiques) made by Toho. PBL40 Spirit and Spice. Delicas® made by Miyuki. PBL39 Cutie March. Trade beads or Slave beads. PBL38 Orange Munchin.

Seed beads. PBL37 Classy Classmate. Pressed glass beads. PBL36 Mademoiselle Rosebud. Millefiori beads. PBL35 Sunset Surfer. Lead crystal beads. PBL34 Caribbean Jewel.

Lampwork beads. PBL33 Something Blue. Furnace glass beads. PBL32 Sailing Sailing. Fire-polished beads. PBL31 Rainy Day. Faux natural beads. PBL30 Romantic Western.

Ethnic beads. PBL29 Plum Blossom. Dichroic beads. PBL28 Tea for Two. Cloisonné beads. PBL27 Kitchen Queen. Chevron beads. PBL26 Pow Wow Poncho.

PBL25 Skate Date. PBL24 Midnight Hour. PBL23 Pinky Doodle Poodle. PBL22 Totally Tartan.

PBL21 Aztec Arrival Inspired. PBL20 Sewing My Way - blue. PBL19 Sewing My Way - pink. PBL18 Cinnamon Girl.

PBL17 Aloha Spirit. PBL16 Hollywood. PBL15 All Gold. PBL14 Weekend Artist.

PBL13 Pajama Party. PBL12 Snow Wonder. PBL11 Rouge Noir. PBL10 Asian Butterfly.

PBL09 Paisley Star. PBL07&8 Bohemian Beat. PBL06 Sunday Besy. PBL05 Cosmo Afternoon.

PBL04 Mondrian. PBL03 Rosie. PBL02 Hollywood. PBL01 Kozy Cape.

Merry Skier - MS. White Magic Night - WMN. White Magic Afternoon - WMA. White Magic Morning(Limited) - WMM.

Rendez-yous Chouchou(Limited) - RCC. Samedi Marche Encore - SME. Asian Butterfly Encore - ABE. Tommy February 6 Blythe (Limited) - FEB.

Good Neighbor Cafe - GNC. Roxy Blythe (Limited) - Roxy. Cinema Princess - CP. Candy Carnival - CC.

V-Smash - VSmash, VS. Margaret Meets Ladybug (Limited) - MML. Inspired by Pinafore Purple - PP. Tweedly Do - TD.

Lil' Heart aka Milk Blythe (Limited) - Milk. Mittens Blythe (Limited) - Mitten. Groovy Groove - GG. Samedi Marche - SM.

Mademoiselle Rosebud -MRB. Birdie Blue - BB. Paradis by Mono Comme Ca (Limited) -MCC. Art Attack (Limited) - AA.

French Trench - FT. Lounging Lovely - LL. Happy Every Day Over The Stripes (Limited) - OTS. Sunday Very Best - SVB.

I Love You Its True - IOU. Silver Snow - SS. Velvet Minuet - VM. Very Inspired by Pow Wow Poncho - PWP.

Superior Skate Date - SSD. Very Cherry Berry - VCB. Fruit Punch - FP. Nike Blythe (limited) - Nike.

Bohemian Beats Again - BBA. Love Mission - LM. Disco Boogie - DB. Fancy Pansy - FP.

Tea For Two - T42. Cinnamon Girl - CG. Cherry Berry - CB. Excellent Hollywood -.

Rouge Noir - RN. Skate Date - SD. Piccadilly Dolly - Picca. Asian Butterfly - AB.

Bohemian Beat - BB. Miss Anniversary (Limited) - Miss A. Dotty Dot - DD. Sunday Best - SB.

Aztec Arrival Inspired - Aztec. Kozy Kape Inspired - Kozy(matte face). All Gold In One - Goldie (matte face). Rosey Red - Rosy (matte face).

Aztec Arrival - Aztec. Hollywood - Hollywood. Mondrian - YSL. Parco (Limited) - Parco (short/abbrv).