Perler Beads Animal Patterns Bing images Mom And Baby Elephant Perler Bead Pattern Bead Sprites Animals Fuse Bead Patterns Kandi Patterns for Kandi Cuffs Animals Pony Bead Patterns The 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 small 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 couple of beads made from Nassarius sea snail shells, around 100, 000 years old, are thought to be the earliest known examples of jewellery.[1][2] Beadwork is the art or craft of making things with beads. Beans can be woven together with specialized thread, put onto thread or smooth, flexible wire, or followed a surface (e. g. fabric, clay).Beads can be divided into various kinds overlapping categories based on different standards such as the materials that they are made, the process used in th...