Bead Jewelry Design & Beaded Fashion Jewelry
Jewelry is one of the oldest forms of body adornment; recently found
100,000 year-old beads made from Nassarius shells are thought to be the
oldest known form of bead jewelry design. The first pieces of jewelry
were made from natural materials, such as bone, animal teeth, shell,
wood, and carved stone. As far back as the Stone Age, people made
jewelry in their cave dwellings, they fashioned amulets and necklaces
of teeth and animal bones. Although some of these probably were worn as
adornments, others may have been used to ward off perceived dangers and
harmful spirits. In some instances, today’s beaded fashion jewelry is
still used to help heal. For example, our Awareness Bracelets use “healing stones” whose properties are said to help alleviate symptoms.