Silver plated beads

These are silver plated metal alloy beads. As opposed to the bare copper beads, these won't tarnish but also cannot be oxidised. These beads work beautifully for a variety of crafts like wire work, micro-macrame or just as beautiful spacers for beaded jewellery.

I use beads in almost all my wire work as they create a beautiful finish and add detail to the designs. While plated beads cannot be oxidised, the plus side of this is that your work will not tarnish over time and therefore require polishing.

I also carry Square and half round wire as well as gallery wire. Please take a look at my other listings to check availability.

Bead and hole sizes:

2.5 mm bead - hole size - 1.2 mm
3 mm bead - hole size - 1.2 mm (size is roughly 3.2 mm)
4 mm bead - hole size - 1.5 mm
5 mm bead - hole size - 2.5 mm
6 mm bead - hole size - 2.5 mm
8 mm bead - hole size - 3.3 mm

Please note that the sizes are approximate and can vary slightly.