Natural stone bead ball necklace

VIDEO TUTORIAL

I am pleased to present to you a new creation to learn how to create a 3D pearl ball, to mount on a chain as a necklace.

You can easily vary this creation with the pearls of your choice, here we have chosen natural stone pearls for an elegant and delicate piece of jewelry.

A simple tutorial to make, follow the steps in the video to reproduce this model perfectly!

Beautiful creation!

For this achievement you will need:
4mm natural stone beads (or other sizes of your choice) Griffin nylon thread 0.35mm or 0.15mm depending on the size of the bead hole of the chain Gilded with 24K fine gold for use as a necklace

Tools to use:
pliers for jewelry creations

The assembly:

This creation is not very complicated to make, follow the explanations below to faithfully reproduce this model. Our video below shows you the essential assembly steps on a larger ball for a better understanding. The number of beads used remains the same. Do not hesitate to decline this model with the beads of your choice! Change the sizes for a smaller or larger ball. Play with the styles! Use natural beads for a more jewelry look.

In this model we used 0.35mm Griffin wire compatible with 4mm natural pearls. If you use smaller pearls, you will need to use 0.15mm wire.

Here we used a module of 5 beads which is repeated throughout the assembly.

To start, cut a nylon thread of about 80cm. Be careful not to take a thread that is too short or you risk running out during assembly. You will not be able to make connections!

Thread 5 beads, center them on the wire and then pass one of the wires through the last bead threaded. This will give you the first module of 5 beads.

Now thread 4 beads onto the right wire. Pass the left wire through the last bead. You have now assembled the 2nd module of 5 beads.

Pass the right wire through the next bead of the 1st module. We will go around the first module to complete it with the other bead modules.

Thread 3 beads (your thread already passes through 2 beads, we thread 3 new ones to create the 5-bead module). Then go back through the last bead. Continue like this to complete the circle.

After this step you get a half sphere. Now we will make the other part to close the ball.

Pass the thread through the next bead, so your thread passes through 2 beads on the edge. Thread 3 beads then pass through the last bead.

Now pass the wire through the next 3 beads then thread 2 beads...

You will naturally form the other part of the ball.

For the last module that will close the ball, pass the wire through the next 4 beads and thread a bead. Pass it through the bead again to close the sphere.

Pass the thread through the beads of the last module and come out next to the other thread. Make a double knot.

To use it as a Christmas ball, you can thread beads onto the wire, pass it back through the first bead and then make a double knot at the base. This will give you a hanging loop made of beads!

And there you have it! Your creation is finished! I hope you like this tutorial and that it makes you want to make it.