Jewellery

Wooden beads are certainly one of the favorites among crafters alike. Many wooden beads are made from exotic woods in the Philippines, although some less expensive beads are made from Australian grass trees. The process is actually quite eco friendly, as the wooden beads are often made from the left over wood materials when the trees are already cut down to be used with construction wood, timber, or wood furniture. The wood product is sometimes combined with other ingredients like bone, stones, or shells.

There are many types of wooden beads

• Palmwood beads – made from the hardwood part of palm trees.
• Nangka beads – created from the Jackfruit tree which is part of the mulberry tree family.
• Bayong beads – made from a hardwood that is a lot like mahogany.
• Rosewood beads – made from a combination of several strong brownish woods, often with a natural flesh type of color or have a pink hue to them.
• Ebony beads – these beads are formed with one of many dark or black colored woods commonly referred to as ebony, they often have a very smooth and fine grain finish.
• Graywood beads – usually made out of bamboo or a combination of woods, named for their gray color.
• Redwood beads – these are created out of Lauan, or Philippine mahogany, but not a true mahogany, usually bright red in color.
• Robles beads – Cassia tree, which is an evergreen, is what gets used for these beads, these tend to carry a dark brown color, like a coffee color.
• Tiger Ebony beads – made from Mabolo fruit tree or the Kamagong tree, a very dense hard wood, dark brown with darker vein design.
• Whitewood beads – sometimes made from Saru trees or other combination of woods, also named for their white color.