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  2. Safety pin - Wikipedia

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    A safety pin. A ribbon and badge attached to a school cap with safety pins. A safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. . The clasp forms a closed loop to properly fasten the pin to whatever it is applied to and covers the end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp poi

  3. Bead embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Bead embroidery is a type of beadwork that uses a needle and thread to stitch beads to a surface of fabric, suede, or leather. Bead embroidery is an embellishment that does not form an essential part of a textile's structure. In this respect, bead embroidery differs from bead weaving, bead crochet, and bead knitting. Woven, knitted, and ...

  4. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? - Wikipedia

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    Photograph at 10x magnification of the head of a size #2 insect pin. Taken by Hugo Sappington at the Essig Museum of Entomology, using a Macropod Micro Kit. Illustration of a pin with a head shaped like a Cherub, from Illustrerad verldshistoria by E. Wallis, volume I, published 1875

  5. Bead - Wikipedia

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    A selection of glass beads Merovingian bead Trade beads, 18th century Trade beads, 18th century. A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 ...

  6. Wire wrapped jewelry - Wikipedia

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    The bead is held in place by the "head" on the head pin. The portion of the head pin coming out of the opposite side of the bead is essentially wire. This wire is bent into a loop using hand tools and the excess wire is cut off. The resulting bead hanging from a loop is called a "bead dangle".

  7. Handmade jewelry - Wikipedia

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    A bead crochet necklace made from crochet lace, sterling silver, and freshwater pearls Video showing how to make handmade beaded earrings Three handmade jewelry items. Handmade jewelry/jewellery, or handcrafted jewelry/jewellery, is jewelry that has been assembled and formed by hand rather than through the use of machines.

  8. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Wanesia Spry Misquadace (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), jeweler and birch bark biter, 2011 [1]Native American jewelry refers to items of personal adornment, whether for personal use, sale or as art; examples of which include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and pins, as well as ketohs, wampum, and labrets, made by one of the Indigenous peoples of the United States.

  9. Lapel pin - Wikipedia

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    A lapel pin, also known as an enamel pin, [1] [2] is a small pin worn on clothing, often on the lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with a cause or an organization, such as a fraternal order or religious order ; in the case of a chivalric ...