Preciosa Ornela True Cut seed beads in metallic silver bring a faceted edge to the classic 11/0 rocaille — each bead is cut from a glass tube, and the cut facet paired with a metallic surface gives a hard, bright flash that a round bead can't match. A full hank gives you serious working quantity of a true neutral.
The metallic finish is a surface coating over glass, reading as cool polished silver rather than a mirror — bright, but with enough restraint to work as a structural colour rather than a focal one.
Specifications
- Size: 11/0
- Color: True Cut Metallic Silver (metallic)
- Finish: Metallic
- Material: Glass, made in Bohemia, Czechia
- Quantity: 1 Hank
What to make with them
Metallic silver is one of the most useful colours to keep stocked — it outlines and separates other colours cleanly in peyote and loomwork, works as a highlight row in gradients, and pairs with almost anything; the cut facets make it noticeably brighter than a plain silver-lined round.