Visual Weight Free Printable | Beadesign by On A String

Heavy or not? Grams don’t tell you. Your eye does.

Two beads can be the same size and the same shape, and one can still look far heavier than the other. That has nothing to do with grams. Visual weight is how much a piece feels like it’s there.

The Visual Weight Printable Guide shows you what makes a bead look heavy or light: size, colour, contrast and pattern, texture, and the space around it. You’ll see real beads on a scale next to what the eye actually reads, learn the two ways to balance a piece (symmetrical and asymmetrical), and try a guess-then-weigh exercise and a simple balance test at your own beading table.

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On A String is a small Australian beading business created by Paula — a beader, teacher, and maker who believes the craft is better when it’s shared. Every tool is designed from the beading table. Every tutorial is written from experience.