Nowadays, in stores you can buy almost any decorative accessories. However, the creation of jewelry with their own hands is still relevant, seeming to be an interesting hobby.
In this review, the author tells how to make interesting wooden beads for a bracelet on your own.
First you need thin wooden dies of different colors. It is important that the wood itself has a color, and not just its surface.
Saw them into strips of the same width. The pattern will be more unusual if the thickness of the dies varies.
Now apply glue to the wood and evenly distribute it over the entire surface, carefully treating each area.
The main stages of work
After that, connect the dies together and tighten with clamps. The more often they are fastened, the better the beads will come out.
In the next step, you will need a special blade designed for the manufacture of balls.
Drill beads in the resulting die one by one. To do this, it is not necessary to do the markup.
Now the balls need to be sanded. Use sandpaper and calculate the accuracy of processing depending on whether you want to preserve the natural texture or get a glossy surface.
Put the bead on the drill bit, knocking it tightly. Then it remains only to process the surface of each product.
So unusual large beads with a pattern in the form of stripes are ready. You can varnish them, treat them with wood oil or a colorless stain.
Now you can make a bracelet, beads, beads from them or find application in home decor.
In the process of manufacturing such balls, it will be interesting to participate for children. This simple and unusual master class will be easy for you to repeat.
