COME SHARE A LOVE OF BEADS WITH ME!!!
Etsy has suspended my shop because I refuse to let them control my credit card processing.
I'm working on my web site
you can always find me at violetbead.com -
Please visit my Craftsy shop for my patterns in the mean time.
I have been beading and designing for over 20 years and teaching beading for about 19 years. I especially love Japanese seed beads in size 11 and size 15. I wasn't a delica fan but I have finally found delicas in my designing. I have a new found love for them that I never expected to have. I especially love teaching other people about beading.
Experience in the area:
I teach the following stitches/projects: peyote, brick, netting, St Petersberg chain, spiral rope, dutch spiral, beaded pens, beaded Christmas ornaments, earrings, pouches, necklaces, bracelets, doilies - just about anything beaded, I have tried it.
Publications:
Beaded Marble Earrings - Jewelry Crafts Magazine - web project
Flipped & Twisted Bracelet - Jewelry Crafts Magazine - web project
Two Needle Bracelet - Jewelry Crafts Magazine - web project
Spiral Chip Necklace - Jewelrycrafts Magazine - Magazine project June 1997
Fringed Needle Case - Jewelrycrafts Magazine - Magazine project August 1998
Pegasus Pouch - Jewelrycrafts Magazine - Magazine project February 1999
Free Form Bracelets - Jewelrycrafts Magazine - Magazine project April 1999
Crystal Choker - Bead & Button Magazine June 2002
Awards and Honors:
Best in Show and 3 First Place and 1 Second Place ribbons Beaded Items Shasta District Fair 2010
3 First Place and 2 second place ribbons Beaded Items Shasta District Fair 2012
2nd place Professional Beadwork in the Gems and Minerals section Los Angeles County Fair 1998
3rd place Professional Beadwork in the Gems and Minerals section Los Angeles County Fair 1999
Present Day:
Currently, I design patterns and make kits for beading projects. Check out - violetbead.com There is a gallery of my work there. I teach seed beading at The Beadman in Redding. The facebook page can be found here: http://www.beadman.net
I love the feel and the colors of beads. They sparkle and entrance you. They are very addicting. Stitch I need to learn more about is Ndebele. I will when I have a project that "needs" it. I can do it but don't feel proficient with it yet, also more about sculptural peyote.
