What Kinds of Beads Do People Here CollectMake/Grow?

Loki, You are right - we do have a lot going on!! Glad you have joined us. I make dichroic glass and art glass pendants. You can see an example of the type of beads I make on my website, link is below. This type of glass starts out as sheet glass (similar type of that used for stained glass), which I cut, arrange in a pleasing manner, sort of like a glass sandwich, fuse and anneal in an electric kiln, cool and then sell on a silk cord or make into a necklace, etc. I also design and teach semiprecious beaded jewelry and collect and use other artists' lampwork designs in my work. Patti

I make lampwork beads, both boro and soft glass.

You're right, there IS a lot go> Seems like there is a lot going on.

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I make beads in polymer and enamel. I've done lampworking, too.

I collect lampwork, sterling, and gemstone beads. I create in all those mediums, as well as wire/chain maille, PMC, polymer clay, stringing and beadweaving with seed beads.

Barbara

Seems like there is a lot going on.

Polymer and Love to buy beads of all kinds Grin V

Grow (and pick in places where they happen to grow) Job's Tears, hope to at some point drill some seabeans I have, as well as some Royal Poinciana seeds and tulipwood seeds (as there's more than one tree with the common name tulipwood: harpullia pendula, and the seeds are as black as in this picture:

hope to grow black bamboo and make beads out of that. The other beeds I buy. Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi