How to bead a bezel for a faceted stone that looks like a real gem setting. 

Hi , I am 72 yrs old , from far north queensland , AU , and your instructions are the easiest and best I have EVER SEEN , I am now able to do the rough sapphires I found out at SAPPHIRE , so THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH .

Fantastic! Thanks !!! I saw it many years ago and immediately lost it. I tried many times to find and finally found it now! You're a genius!

it felt good to bead something again! I made a bezel with size 15 beads last night! it's been a while!

I apologize if I sounded too harsh. Your designs are beautiful. It is my experience to bezel a stone with an even number of seed beads, thus eliminating the step-up .

WOW Neil! That's gorgeous and you're very easy to learn from! Great teaching! Thanks so much! Please make more videos!

Thank you so much for this video. I have struggled for days trying to bezel a crystal watching other videos, and completely failed. You made it so easy for me. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

This is so pretty! I like your technique, it really makes the stone the star. And it is nice to see a man beading for a change.

Thanks for the idea. Three sources for you. Shipwreck Beads, for Preciosa Crystal, Firemountain Gems for Cabs, and finally, Vintage Jewelry Supplies for Swarovski and Excellent Stones.

This is a great technique for me, I love the way it doesn't take up too much of the surface of the stone. When using other techniques you tend to be covering the faceting and just seeing the table, so many thanks for this video.

Perfect balance! Pretty without taking away from the natural beauty of the stone. THANK YOU for giving your precious time, talent, creativity, resources, knowledge and skills with all of us, so we may learn from you! Please share more with us! Best Wishes!

I have been beading for years and you have taught me something new. Thank you for sharing! Love your work, very well done!

I like your version of ladder stitch. The other one I was shown adds the beads two at a time using a brick stitch ladder method which gives you your first row of Peyote stitch because it staggers the bead ends. But your method does wonderfully to quickly cinch in the rows so you get firm hold without an endless amount of rows of declining numbers.

Wow!!!! Very nice and simple way to bezel. I've been trying to teach myself for sometime now, and your unique way is just what I've been looking for. Thank you Mr. Gates!!! Happy Beading!!!

Thank you so much for sharing. I love how your bezel looks it's not all covered and you can actually see more of the stone. I hope you will make more videos soon.

Thank you for this I watched three of your peyote videos and technique is without question. It is inspiring to see a guy doing great bead work. Usually I'm the only one I see around. I have made any bead videos because I'm fairly new at it. Thank you doing it well and showing the rest of us.

Wow I'm going to try this. I've tried to bezel before and it's always been kind of hit and miss. You've made it so clear and easy. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your tutorial. I have been trying to learn now for a couple months on how to bezel. I havent had anyone explain as well amd clearly as you did. Started a new project today, its a tear drop shape so im in hopes that this will work! Again thank you for your video and my new found confidence!

I'm sorry for not being around much, work and school has been a bear lately. Anyways, the montees I've used are about 4mm. They are not the cheap crystal ones from on ebay, they are actually quite expensive from a shop in New York City, they were nearly $65 for maybe 60 of them, they are faceted cz's which are cage set.

This is the easiest way I've found to do the peyote stitch around a bezel! Can't wait to try it! Thnx for sharing... :)

I have posted a link in my video description according to the rules of youtube. I hope this works, this is where I got my montees, either the price has gone down, or they're not as expensive as I thought, probably the later.

So BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my birthstone and I love it. Thank u 4 sharing.

I also don't like covering much of a cabochon or Rivoli with the bezel, so thank you for this tutorial and sharing.

Thank You Neil, for this wonderful tutorial. I look forward to seeing your update, as I could not figure out how you attached the montees. Halina in Australia

Hi Neil. I love the way you bezel a gemstone. I did read all of the comments. Many questions about the size of the montees. In one answer you mentioned 2 mm, another answer 4 mm and yet another 3 mm. What is the right answer? And please can you mention the size of the stone and the seadbeads? Thank you so much. Greetings from the Netherlands.

Very nice of you to show us this, but is it possible to show how to put the montees on? and to say what size all the beads are?.. that would be great! Hard to make it without that knowledge.. thanks for your time

just lovely i have 12 mm stones and i tend to cover them to much this was so simple thank and sub

BRILLIANT!!! Please make more of these kinds of videos! YOU ROCK!!! ♥

I want to learn a basic way to net bezel. How to measure or increase for all sizes? Where did you learn to bead? I like the calming of your voice!

Just found u t4s soo glad 2 meet u!!! Luv ur vids now I'll b watching😎😍😄😊😉😁😀

This is great! I've tried the peyote bezels on rivolis and I did not like it because it covered way to much of the crystal. Definitely going to try this.

This is great. Can you describe, detail the "monties"? Thanks!

Thanks so much for this video. Can't wait to make one!

Love it am trying it tonight!

Thank you!!!! This is the technique I was looking for!!!!

Gorgeous!

I like the idea of beginning with a ladder stitch verses peyote all the way around. I just wish I could have seen more of what you were doing, saw a lot of your hand verses what you were actually doing...Beautiful though.

Love your work I never liked the fact that they always cover most of the stones.....thank u

I will be reworking the video, give me some hints as to what you want more detail on. I'm already going to be showing the montees.

I love this for so many reasons! Ty so much for sharing!

Interesting technique....Thanks Neil.

Oh! sweet success. I have to do another on because it is a little too big. However ,I used Swarovski roundels between every 2nd set of peyotes and 15/0 seedbeds in the other spaces. I'm not sure it I'm using the right names, but it is going to be beautiful!!!

Thanks for this Neil but when viewed on a large screen you can see the distortion of the pixels. Also some of the work is offscreen. Other than that its a great tut. So nice to listen to a mans voice - much more relaxing :) Will start following you

Neil: I am excited to find your method here and hope it will work for the teardrop shape. Thanks tons!!!! I'll have to play around a bit with the point as the Montees are square....maybe I'll try bicones...

I LOVED this video! Experienced beaders won't miss a beat with it. Thanks soooo much. I only have a few questions regarding your stone: What kind of cab are you using (what's it called?), what size is it? And where do you get them? Thanks so much .. I can't wait to order my materials so I can get STARTED!! I don't even't think that it would matter how thick a cabochon is .. just make the ladder wider to custom fit it! : )

Beautiful. How many mm are the montees ? Thank you

Hello , loved your tutorial, I was wondering if I could do the same thing for a square stone? and could I use a size 4 beads or crystal instead of the montees, although I really liked the look of the montees I am not sure where to get them?

beautiful, can't wait to try this

Please make more? Pretty please? You're really good!

Really nice Neil, I love how simple this way is. I saw your channel from Teresa, TC Beads she is amazing herself. Thanks for sharing all the info. Are you from N.Y.? I'm a New Yorker who ended up in Ca., I miss it very much!

Lovely craftwork

Excellent video. Thanks

thank you, great tutorial!

Awesome! My thoughts exactly & this is how I have been doing mine :) I loathe seeing a "covered Rivoli" tutorial, it is so wasteful, especially when they are covering them with swarovskis

I've not seen these domed cabochons before; only the pointed ones. Where did you get them? Great tut!

So beautiful! Thank you!

Beautiful, could you tell me where to purchase the cabochon.

PERFECT! i agree with u that most bead around too much & u dont see the gem as well as i like! Can i do this with out the montees? I want to do it with just seed beads...guess i will give it a try! Thank U Neil! When can we get more??? Not many MEN beaders out there! :D I dig it! :D Bead happy! Sandi WI ~ USA

How pretty. Thank you for sharing.

love it! thanks. looking forward to more of your tutorials:-)

this is awesome I can't wait to try this Thank You for sharing

It's really great to see another guy doing bead work! Come on Neil, get some more tuts going! I for one would love to see more of your work. Do you sell any of your pieces? (Also, I think you've got a lovely, sexy, velvety voice!)

It would be helpful if you list the size of the seed beads, montees and gemstone you are using. You are doing a great disservice to beaders without experience. These instructions are very vague. How can you consider yourself a teacher without specifics?

Forgot to ask are these rose montees or chaton montees? Thanks

bonjour super belle bague pouvez indiquez le diamètre de la pierre Rivoli S V P merci

Beautiful!

What is the name and size of the thread??? I love your tutorial.

Fabulous, gorgeous !!! Definitely got to make more tutorials x x You didn't say what size montees and how you attached them?

so I guess you never redid the video. could you please answer what size Montees you used?

very nice, thanks for sharing

what size are the montees??????

Great tutorial! Beautiful pattern. Thank you for sharing.

awesome tutorial , thank you !!! ;-)

Are these montees like the individual gems of a cup chain?

Can you do this process with a 12 mm cushion .

What size montees are you using and I love that stone. Is it a crystal or is it real aquamarine. Very cool bezel my friend.

fantastic it is a wow wow thank you

what is the size of the stone?

how you put the montees

Even though love the piece, I really can’t see what you are doing because you re not staying in frame and you are moving too fast, not really showing or explaining what you are doing.

Awesome

Please mention the size of the Montees

Did you say the aquamarine stone is 35 ft ? I love the idea but the stone would be very large!

Can you redo video and show adding on the montees please

Sorry - not ft - I meant ct

Are you french Canadian? Trying to place your accent.

Can't see what you're doing!