Unique Tamarind Beaded Necklace

by ellierim in Craft > Jewelry

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Unique Tamarind Beaded Necklace

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This is how I made it. You'll need a drill machine and a drill, 1,5 mm. (the 1 mm drill got stuck to often)
Tamarind, kettel, round nose pliers, nippers and flat nose pliers. A craft mat to project the table/ workspace, pliers (to hold the tamarind seed in place) and kitchen towel ( to protect the bead from damaging).

Eat and Collect

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Enjoy eating the tamarind, spit out the seeds and clean them, I have 26 seeds on my chain. (A couple spare ones are handy)

Making Holes

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Put the paper towel with the seed/bead-to-be in the pliers and drill a hole.

Kettel

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Place the kettel into the bead. Use the round nose pliers to make an angle of 90 degrees. Use the flat beak and cutting pliers to make the end at a right size to make a circle ending. Now make the circle with the round beak pliers.

Finish

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Finish with the right lenght of the necklace and add a lock.