Orphan beads are beads that are either a “1 off” (only 1 made) or beads that were created for a set or piece of jewelry and never used.
Some times beadmakers make specific beads to experiment with a new glass colour or technique but the bead never made it into a collection or piece of wearable art!
There’s nothing wrong with them, they just weren’t used for anything at this point.
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