Resin Beads

resin bead necklace

Resin beads are popular because of their bright candy-like colors and because they are so lightweight. The resin beads are made in a small village in Java, Indonesia. They are produced in small batches as a cottage industry in an area that relies on their beadmaking income. Resin beads are made by mixing liquid resin with with color, which is then hardened and hand cut and shaped into a variety of shapes and sizes.

Resin beads are durable, lightweight, non-toxic, and the color doesn't fade or run. You can carve into them, adhere polymer and silver clays to them, rubber stamp, emboss, use overlays and more. Hole sizes are generally 1.5 to 2 mm wide and are large enough to handle a variety of stringing materials.

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Shapes of Resin Beads


Shiny Nugget resin beads are wide oval beads with irregular soft facets.

nugget resin bead

Large Shiny Nugget resin beads are the largest size of wide oval beads with irregular soft facets.

large shiny nugget bead

Round resin beads are standard round beads.

resin bead

Bicone resin beads are faceted bicone beads with narrow ends and a wide center.

bicone resin bead

Coin resin beads are flattened circle beads shaped like flat candy but with a sharper edge.

coin resin bead

Large Coin resin beads are 19mm flattened circle beads shaped like flat candy but with a sharper edge.

large coin resin bead

Ring resin beads are round hollow rings that are drilled through both sides of the ring.

ring resin bead