A bead is a tiny ornamental object used to make jewellery and embellishment for many kinds of clothing. They come in a wide range of sizes, from 1 millimetre to 1 centimetre, and have been worn as jewellery for thousands of years, with the earliest examples reaching back more than 100,000 years.
Beads’ aesthetic appeal has made them ubiquitous in the fashion industry and across cultural…