Скачать или смотреть How to Make a 30-BEAD BALL or Bead Dodecahedron with Plain Sterling Silver Round Beads - It's EASY!

If you like beaded beads, you'll LOVE this one. With only 30 beads, it's super easy and fast. The beading technique is called "spherical pentagon stitch" and it was first invented in China more than a century ago. All you have to do is create 12 interlocking rings of 5 beads. It might sound hard - but once you learn it, you'll soon have it memorized. Use your 30-Bead Balls in new earring, necklace and bracelet designs.

In this video, I use 6mm oxidized sterling silver beads that oxidized myself, then polished to a bright sheen. The model in the thumbnail is wearing an earring made with 5mm oxidized sterling silver beads. The 5 mm size is incredibly lightweight and versatile, perfect for earrings. You can also make 30-Bead Balls using 4mm, 3mm and 2mm sterling silver beads. Or any other round beads in glass, wood, plastic or enamel-coated base metal.

Pre-oxidized sterling silver beads are hard to find online. You can oxidize your own beads by buying bright sterling silver beads, cleaning them by dipping them in a liquid silver cleaner, then dip the beads in liver of sulfur. Here's a short video on the process. (You don't need to use the acetone at all, as the video says - just let the beads dry on a towel.) Always use good ventilation when working with liver of sulfur or other chemical compounds.
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To make 1 pair of 30-BEAD BALL EARRINGS, you'll need 60 beads in bright or oxidized round sterling silver. Note: they should have small holes - not large ones.

Where to Get Bright Sterling Silver Round Beads in Various Sizes

--For Many Sizes pf Plain Round Beads:
https://etsy.me/3VugIJN

--For 4 mm Size Only of Plain Round:
https://bit.ly/3VqfSO9

--For Several Sizes of Bright Corrugated Round Beads:
https://bit.ly/4bosN9n

Where to Get Oxidized Sterling Silver Beads in Various Sizes and Textures:

--For softly oxidized round sterling beads in many sizes:
https://etsy.me/4cqx64F

--For beautifully textured and oxidized 5 mm sterling silver round beads:
https://etsy.me/3VLtbKa

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