Crafts and Gifts
Crafts & Gifts
Beyond beads: cinnabar vases, gemstone decoration and specimens, metal coins, resin statues and collectible cloisonne thimbles.
The fifth range of the catalogue leaves jewellery altogether. Crafts and gifts records cinnabar crafts (including cinnabar vases), gemstone crafts (gemstone decoration and gemstone mineral specimens), metal crafts (metal coins), resin crafts (resin statues) and thimbles — the cloisonne thimbles being the collectors' corner of the range. These are the lines gift shops, museum stores and cultural retailers buy alongside the bead ranges, and they share the catalogue's inquiry discipline: per-SKU confirmation, honest material naming, no invented figures.
Two of the families connect directly to bead pages: cinnabar crafts extend the carved cinnabar specialty that leads the company's craft list, and gemstone specimens sit beside the gemstone bead range. This page indexes the craft families and the buying notes specific to decorative goods — fragility, display and the difference between a craft piece and a souvenir.
Craft families in the catalogue
| Line | Details on record |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar crafts | Including cinnabar vases — the carved specialty in decorative form; see cinnabar |
| Gemstone decoration | Decorative gemstone pieces in the crafts range |
| Gemstone mineral specimens | Specimen pieces for collectors and education channels |
| Metal coins | Metal craft coins in the crafts range |
| Resin statues | Resin craft figures |
| Cloisonne thimbles | Collectible enamel thimbles; see cloisonne |
How buyers spec craft and gift lines
- Craft piece or souvenir — decide the tier. A carved cinnabar vase and a resin souvenir occupy different shelves at different margins. State your channel (gift shop, museum store, tourist retail) and the tier follows.
- Fragility drives packing. Vases, specimens and statues are the most breakable goods in the catalogue. In mixed orders they ship as separately packed inner parcels — confirm the packing plan in the quote.
- Specimens need labels. Mineral specimens sell with their names attached. Ask what identification accompanies the pieces, and plan your own labelling as part of the product.
- Thimbles are a collector market. Cloisonne thimbles sell to collectors who buy by motif and condition. Condition grading and motif naming matter more than price — ask for photographs of the actual stock.
Minimums, units and packing
Craft and gift minimums are confirmed per SKU and family. Send the family, the tier and the quantities you are planning; the reply states the current pieces, materials and figures — with photographs for carved and specimen lines where the piece itself is the product.
Buyer questions
Are the cinnabar craft pieces made like the beads?
They come from the same carved cinnabar specialty. The material question applies here exactly as on the bead page: ask the construction of the specific piece and have it stated on your order.
Can craft lines ship with bead orders?
Yes — with the packing separation noted above. Gift and craft buyers commonly consolidate a bead restock and a craft order into one shipment.
Do you supply display packaging for gifts?
Boxes and pouches are in the supplies range — see packaging. For fragile craft pieces, confirm protective packing as well as presentation.
Related specimens
Send your bead list, get a per-SKU quote
Tell us the material, size, hole size, quantity and unit basis (pieces, strands, pairs or bags) for each item on your list. We confirm current pricing, minimums and packing per SKU before you commit.
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