Beadwork

thumb|upright=1|right|A selection of glass beads thumb|Merovingian bead thumb|Trade beads, 18th century thumb|Trade beads, 18th century

thumb|Round, flat sequins right|thumb|A close-up of a gold sequin-covered shoe.

right|thumb| dating from Jōmon period to 8th century thumb|right|Magatama from Kofun period（[[Tokyo National Museum）]]

thumb|upright=1.2|Vase (1872) manufactured by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. (Victoria and Albert Museum) Millefiori () is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words (thousand) and (flowers). Apsley Pellatt in his book Curiosities of Glass Making was the first to use the term "millefiori", which appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849; prior to that, the beads were called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most frequently

thumb|upright=1.3|Beadwork on the ceremonial dress of a Datooga woman Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth. Beads are produced in a diverse range of materials, shapes, and sizes, and vary by the kind of art produced. Most often, beadwork is a form of personal adornment (e.g. jewelry), but it also commonly makes up other artworks.

string of beads

small decorative glass object, usually with a pierced hole

glass produced in Hebron as part of an art industry established in the city during Roman rule

thumb|Lampwork Glass Eye Cabochon Tutorial Boro thumb|right|Lampwork glass beads Lampworking is a type of glasswork in which a torch or lamp is used to melt the glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with tools and hand movements. It is also known as flameworking or torchworking, as the modern practice no longer uses oil-fueled lamps. Although lack of a precise definition for lampworking makes it difficult to determine when this technique was first developed, the earliest verifiable lampworked glass is probably a collection of beads thought to date to the fif

Agate bead worn as protective amulet in Tibet

small bead, most often glass, commonly used in bead weaving and embellishments

embroidery using beads as embellishments

Mauritanian powder glass beads

decorated glass bead from Ghana