Long Black Fingers : Holiday Mario Bros. Perler Beads Black Veil Brides Logo Perler Bead Pattern Bead Sprites Misc Fuse Bead Patterns Long Black Fingers : Archangel, Firestorm, Batman Perler Beads A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, covering, glass, plastic, wood or pearl and with a little hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in dimensions from under 1 millimetre (0. 039 in) to 1 centimetre (0. 39 in) in diameter. A pair of beads made from Nassarius sea snail shells, around 100, 000 years old, are thought to be the first known examples of jewellery.[1][2] Beadwork is the artwork or craft of making things with beads. Beads can be woven together with specialized thread, put onto thread or gentle, flexible wire, or followed a surface (e. g. fabric, clay).Beads can be divided into several types of overlapping categories based on different standards including the materials that they are made, the p