Carved fiber-optic cat beads?

A friend of a friend went to a gem & mineral show over the weekend, and showed my friend what she'd bought. In the pile were some carved "sitting cat" beads done in fiber-optic, about 10mm high. Of course, her friend doesn't remember the NAME of the dealer from whom she got them... anybody recall having seen these lately, and where I might look to find some? They must be relatively new, or *I* would have seen them before now.

Celine

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Lee S. Billings
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They are chinese imports. I was just at a site over the weekend that had them.

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons

They aren't all that new. I have one on a necklace I made a couple of years ago, and I had had it for quite awhile before using it. I have no idea where I got it, though; I know I've looked for them, in other colors (mine is orange), but haven't found any yet. Kaytee "Simplexities" on

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Celine

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Lee S. Billings

]Okay, I looked (and thanks, this looks like a good supplier and I now have them ]bookmarked!), but where did you find fiber-optic cat *beads*? I found carvings ]and pendants, but no beads. Are they listed somewhere non-intuitive?

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our Nicole's "DaBeadBabe" carries them.

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Um... not what I was looking for. These are round beads, not *cat* beads. Round fiber-optic beads are all over the place.

Celine

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Lee S. Billings

Celine,

I found them in MANY colors!

Fiber optic CAT beads!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]Um... not what I was looking for. These are round beads, not *cat* beads. Round ]fiber-optic beads are all over the place.

okay - sorry - guess i misinterpreted. i thought that was what you were looking for.

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Linda2" :

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those are CUTE. and a lot of other stuff on that page. there are several i could use. but . . . there is nothing to indicate where they came from or if they are dyed. does anyone know??????? and i could sure use mice to go with the cats!

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AFAIK *all* fiber-optic stuff is dyed -- but the dye is part of the matrix, not the stuff that comes off on you. In its raw state it's sort of no-color whitish grey.

Celine

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]AFAIK *all* fiber-optic stuff is dyed -- but the dye is part of the matrix, not ]the stuff that comes off on you. In its raw state it's sort of no-color whitish ]grey.

ah - thanks, Celine!

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