Spacers

Spacers

Spacer Bars, Spacer Tubes, Spacer Beads, and Rondelles

Spacer Bar and Spacer Tube

Spacer Bars and Tubes are endlessly useful, functional, decorative .. and can add endless possibilities to your ultimate design. They come in all designs .. from the very ornate to the super-simplistic.

At its very basic functionality, it "spaces" out your beads. You may be using really expensive beads and you don't need or can't afford to fill out the entire design with the expensive beads. Using spacers, you can space them out ~ saves you money without marring your finished look.

Most artisans use the look of their chosen spacers to ADD to the distinctive look of their creations.

They are most often used in jewelry making for bracelets, necklaces, etc.

Spacer Bead and Rondelle

Spacer Beads

They are also alternatively know as filler beads as often times, they are used to fill up the length of a finished jewellery piece that may be using other more expensive or elaborate beads.

Rondelle beads are also often used in the same capacity as filler beads.

Rondelle Bead

Also known as roundel bead or simply as rondelle or roundel.

Rondelle bead is sometimes also incorrectly spelt as "rondell" or "rondel" - which are correct words in themselves but do not refer to the rondelle beads in the jewelry making world.

Rondelle bead is a subset of the spacer/filler beads as they sometimes serve the same function.

The word "roundelle" or "roundel" refers to the shape - a shape that is not a perfect ball, but rather a flattened ball or saucer shape.

Rondelle beads can come as clear crystal discs, or encircled with chanel-set diamonds or rhinestones. There are also rondelles made from gemstones, rhinestones, metals, hematite, crystal, glass, bone, etc. They are all called "rondelle" due to its shape. However you will also find similar flattened beads like these that are square or triangular. The square ones are called "squaredelle" but very often, they are just lumped together under the category "rondelles". And even though the roundel may be called "roundel bead", when shopping for them, you will often find them under (Jewelry) Findings rather than in the Beads section.

Special Rondelle Beads

Many new, fancy, and delightful rondelle beads are making their way into the market. These can really something extra to your finished items.