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Delicas Beads, Often Erroneously Called Seed Beads, Are Cylindrically Shaped Glass Beads Produced By World Renowned Miyuki.
Delicas are a specific bead made by world celebrated Miyuki, Japan's oldest seed bead manufacturer. They are shaped like a cylinder with a big hole that allows several passes of thread through each bead and can be purchased in a extensive palette of colors and finishes.
Size 11 is the most popular size of the Delica beads with 944 different colors, finishes and treatments in the round cylinders plus approximately 55 more in the hex cuts, which are hexagon shaped cylinders. The diverse variations are produced by specific glass treatments. There is basic transparent glass, basic opaque glass, and etched glass for a matte or semi-matte effect. Then there are the many different colored glasses.
Additionally there is a variety of finishes or treatments. "Treatment" means something that is done on the surface of the glass and can be on the top, at times within the hole and sometimes one finish on the top and an alternate finish in the hole. Treatments can include a clear "rainbow" or "aurora borealis" finish, a "pearl" finish, colored dyes, and an array of metal coatings including precious metals. Some Delica beads have more than one treatment applied to them in order to produce the desired effect.
Note that there may be durability issues with some of the finishes such as the dyed or galvanized beads. The best retailers should be able to supply you with the durability information.
Miyuki also manufactures a size 10 Delica that is somewhat larger, a size 8 that is a lot larger than the size 11, and a size 15 that is a lot smaller. The size 10 and 15 are relatively new and therefore don't come in as as big a variety of colors and finishes as the size 11.
The quality of Miyuki's Delica beads is very high and as a result they cost more. You must buy them from a reliable bead shop that sells the true article. You should be aware that some suppliers have been known to purchase cheaper, lower quality beads from another producer and pass them off as Delicas. Also be very careful if you are tempted to buy at an on-line auction.
If you are purchasing your beads to bead up a pattern that gives you the Delica number, such as DB-010, you shouldn't have a problem because every color has a number. But if you are selecting your beads by color name you may have a problem, because there is not a standard color description for each bead. The reason being that the Japanese description does not translate readily into English and the different importers each have their own interpretation. So it's always best to go by the DB- number.
Genuine Delica beads are a great choice in any Loom, Peyote or Brick beadwork due to the fact that they are so regular. They make any pattern line up perfectly and give a clean, crisp finish to your beadwork. There are fewer culls when you are working and therefore they are more cost effective than their price might indicate. And the color and finish range is superb!
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