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Announcement My Pet Cremation Pendants are available here on Etsy. If you want to memorialize a human loved one please visit my website www.venbeadcremationjewelry.com Handmade borosilicate or boro glass pendants and lampwork beaded jewelry born in the torch of Paula Hamilton. Now featuring mixed metal and enameled jewelry too.
Announcement
My Pet Cremation Pendants are available here on Etsy. If you want to memorialize a human loved one please visit my website www.venbeadcremationjewelry.com Handmade borosilicate or boro glass pendants and lampwork beaded jewelry born in the torch of Paula Hamilton. Now featuring mixed metal and enameled jewelry too.
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Christine on Sep 24, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThe pendant looks amazing the color and iridescence makes it look unique. Shipping was very fast. I'm very happy of my purchase.
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Sherri on Aug 10, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis pendant is stunning! This is my second memorial pendant from Paula, and I’m so grateful that she’s making them.
For this one, one of the blues didn’t lighten up like in the photo, and she reached out with pictures of the finished pendant and a solid set of options if I wasn’t happy with the color. But the darker colors are gorgeous and I love it. -
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smarklyshops on Jun 21, 2021
5 out of 5 starsOh, Wow! This is so cool- It looks like a colorful flame to me (I seem to have a fire thing- not a pyro though! lol) I love it! Thank you for the 'lagniappe" as well!
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Michele on May 16, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThese earrings are SO pretty and they were sent in a beautiful little pouch. Thank you so much :)
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Donna on Apr 12, 2021
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful, I love the color! Great communication and fast shipping from seller.
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Mandy on Apr 8, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI cannot even express how thrilled I am with my 2 skeleton key/bead pendants I got! Lovely quality and super fast shipping. They came in an adorable little zipper pouch with a gorgeous freebie bead I'm going to make into a bracelet! I hope the seller makes more of the key pendants, they're gorgeous and a staple in my wardrobe. Thank you SOOO much! :)
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Mandy on Apr 8, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI cannot even express how thrilled I am with my 2 skeleton key/bead pendants I got! Lovely quality and super fast shipping. They came in an adorable little zipper pouch with a gorgeous freebie bead I'm going to make into a bracelet! I hope the seller makes more of the key pendants, they're gorgeous and a staple in my wardrobe. Thank you SOOO much! :)
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Deb on Feb 1, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI love my patience painting. It spoke to me and I had to have it in my studio. Thank you Paula.
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About Venbead
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Two days after receiving my breast cancer diagnosis I had photographer Kristen Walker come and take these photos.
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Despite my internal state, I decided not to cancel and capture the beads and these presurgery moments.
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I am glad these pictures were taken. I can look back and see that while life was so uncertain then, it was and is good.
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Melting glass is like meditating only with better hand eye coordination. Photo by DS Brennan
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My career is very fulfilling, but there is a different sense of accomplishment in making art from fire and glass.
I melt borosilicate glass rods in the flame of a torch to create wearable works of art.
My name is Paula Hamilton and I am The Venerable Bead. I am a recently remarried mother of two beautiful and smart children ages 22 and 19. I am a clinical social worker and I am also a breast cancer survivor. I’ve had a love affair with bead and jewelry designing since 1994. It has changed forms many times but never waned. The glass bug hit in early 2005 while I was reading a Bead and Button magazine article about a borosilicate bead artist who started glassing in her 40's. I had never seen borosilicate glass before but I felt drawn to it. After that, I started buying boro beads from self representing artists to incorporate into my jewelry. Then it occurred to me that I could probably learn how to make them myself. In the Spring of 2005 I took a wonderful nine week lampworking class at the Worcester Center for Crafts taught by the very talented Jennifer Geldard and in July 2005 I set up a glass studio in my home.
I discovered Etsy in 2007 and have been happily selling my glass ever since. Over the last few years I have added metalwork and enameling to my skill set in an ever increasing effort to raise the bar for my glass work.
Growing up, most kids in my neighborhood had lemonade stands. I tried selling painted rocks and gave the lemonade away just to get people to stop and look at my creations. Things haven’t changed that much. Welcome to my Etsy shop.
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Paula Hamilton
Owner, Maker, Designer
As of April 16, 2012 I am on the other side of breast cancer. While I won't let it define my life it certainly has punctuated it! Meet the new and improved Paula. Cancer has taught me true balance. It can only get better from here.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
Returns and exchange details
The cremation pendants are not refundable.
Payment
RI residents are required to pay 7% tax on their purchases which is automatically calculated at checkout.
Shipping
Free for purchases over $35
Otherwise it's $3.50 for first item and .50 for each additional item
Canada:
$7.50 for first item
.50 for each additional item
Outside of US/Canada:
$10.50 for first item
.50 for each additional item
If you would like me to ship USPS priority mail, express mail or want to purchase insurance please contact me and I will adjust the listing or if you have already purchased I can send you a paypal invoice for the adjusted amount.
I print labels directly from Etsy so the address you have listed with Etsy is the address your packages with be sent to unless you let me know otherwise.
I am not responsible for items lost or damaged in shipping.
**** A special note about customs fees: I am required by US federal law to fill out the customs form on all international packages. I am also required to check off commercial and fill in the purchase price of the item. Please understand that misprepresenting the package in any way is risking fines and jail time and I cannot and will not do that. :)
International customers are responsible for all fees associated with shipping to their respective countries. Orders that are shipped to countries outside of the United States may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. I have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be.
Additional policies and FAQs
I am happy to do custom work for you. Please convo me your request through Convo and I will let you know if it is something I can do. Check out my sold items to see what else I have made. Please keep in mind that I may add a $5 surcharge to special order requests.
Special Note About Glass:
Glass breaks. All my pieces have been annealed in a digitally controlled kiln and should last a lifetime. Most are made of borosilicate glass which is a hard glass like pyrex so they are durable and will withstand a little tumble to the carpet. However, a trip into the sink or onto the tile floor in the bathroom will likely yield a sad fate. For this reason, please be careful in allowing children to wear glass jewelry.
Borosilicate glass is a luminous glass high in silver and other metals. It is best viewed in natural sunlight to see it's brilliance. I photograph my jewelry outdoors in the shade and indoors under a photo tent and simulated daylight bulbs because I want you to see the brilliance that is boro. Some of my boro may look darker in regular indoor lighting. I will make special note of this in my listing if I think this is the case about a particular piece. I also may provide an additional photo of indoor lighting at times if I think there is a big discrepancy.
I rarely make trades and I do not sell my work as components for other jewelry makers.
All items are made and packaged for shipment in a pet free smoke free home.