Big Wire & Big Bead Chokers
Posted on September 13 2018
- Musing about Ancient Beads Jun 18 2019 http://ancientbead.com/neolithic_beads.htmlNo more ancient beads to get after 2021!Some of my 'spies' in the far East...
- The War Ended in 1945 Jun 18 2019 The war ended in 1945, I was five years old. I remember, my mother took me out of the baby boarding school I was at...
- What Sells Jun 18 2019 WHAT SELLS, AND HOW TO SELL IT For some time now, I have been musing about what it takes to turn your lovely beads ...
- Oh Calcutta Jun 18 2019 In 1965 theatre critic and writer Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say ‘fuck’ on British television. It shoul...
- Notes From Normandy Jun 18 2019 we are involved with a fascinating Archeological projectThis area is the center of glass making in France.. there are...
- My Adventures in Lamp Work, The Very Beginning. Jun 18 2019 MY ADVENTURES IN LAMP WORK, THE VERY BEGINNING. It all began at the Second International Bead Conference in Washi...
- RAINBOWS FOR EVERYONE! May 20 2019 Alright! Gay Pride is coming and this year I will have my own booth in Bisbee for the first time. Until recently, I o...
- Oh Katie Chelsea Bead Lady May 20 2019 Oh Katie, Chelsea bead lady All decked explosively in color All twisting beads a rainbow color a workin late ...
- My First Demo Videos. May 20 2019 When I started working with hot glass to make beads, there were literally no videos to work with. Lewis Wilson and I ...
- On Teaching, The Way I See It. Apr 28 2019 ON TEACHING (Electricity Between Teacher and Pupil) It is more difficult to teach one or two than to teach 10. S...
- Big Wire & Big Bead Chokers Sep 13 2018 Dare to be simple! The time has come for a different look in necklace design. I am now ...
- Creating Beads Using Frit Sep 13 2018 What exactly is frit, you may be asking, and how do you make it? Frit is glass, ground ...
- JUANETTA HILL, LIFE CASTER. Sep 12 2018 Juanetta Hill is a very special lady. She creates sculptures of the human body. Oh and she has recently created a scu...
- How to Make a Claspless Hidden Knot Necklace - Video Sep 02 2018 I show you how to make a necklace with hidden knots for your tribal or lamp work glass beads.
- How to Make a Knotted Bead Necklace - Video Sep 02 2018 I demonstrate how to make a knotted necklace for your beads.
- How to Make an Egyptian Clasp - Video Sep 02 2018 I show you how to make an Egyptian Clasp in 20 gauge half hard silver wire. Download the PDF instructions here Part 1...
- How To Make a Sliding Knot - Video Sep 02 2018 I show you how to make a sliding knot. Perfect for your pendants, handmade jewelry charms, or anything else you might...
- How to Make Lamp Work Glass Beads - Video Sep 02 2018 Kate is a pioneer of modern glass lamp work, and this collection of vintage videos is an excellent how to for glass j...
- How to Make a Necklace with Snake Chain - Video Sep 02 2018 I show you how to make a necklace for a lamp work bead. Perfect for your handmade jewelry charms, or anything else yo...
- WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN? PART1 Aug 31 2018 Design of any kind is a very controversial subject. Jewelry design in particular raises issues of style, balance, fun...
- The Kate Drew-Wilkinson Show - Episode 20 with Robert Earl Longley Jul 24 2018 Meet the very talented, NOLA migrant, Robert Earl Longley.
- The Kate Drew-Wilkinson Show - Episode 19 with Becky Reyes Jul 17 2018 Kate Drew-Wilkinson's show, now on its 19th episode, welcomes Bisbee's Becky Reyes, musician, artist, and star of Bi...
- The Kate Drew-Wilkinson Show - Episode 18 with Lisa Wines Jul 03 2018 Join Kate Drew-Wilkinson as she chats to Lisa Wines, Bisbee artist and much-loved local.
- The Kate Drew-Wilkinson Show - Episode 17 with Christa Leigh Jun 26 2018 Kate Drew-Wilkinson welcomes Christa Leigh, Bisbee's infamous career busker, to chat life, Bisbee, music, and family.
- The Kate Drew-Wilkinson Show - Episode 16 with Nancy Parana Jun 19 2018 Kate Drew-Wilkinson welcomes Nancy Parana, architect of Bisbee Pride, to her chat show - with some very poignant mom...
- RECYCLE YOUR SILVER Apr 21 2018 Let's talk about your old silver scrap.
- MAKING BEADS WITH STAINED GLASS SCRAP. The beginning. 1998 Apr 21 2018 In 1998, while I was living in the country in Mexico, the buyer from a national chain of galleries, “The Nature Com...
- Loyalty to Suppliers is the Way to Go Mar 13 2018 I want to present some of my musings for those who are working in retailing wholesale a...
- SPECIAL TREATMENTS FOR LARGE OR FOCAL BEADS Feb 15 2018 Many of the most beautiful and rare beads have been lost or not seen to their best advantage, because they were assem...
- A Loyal Relationship with your Suppliers is the Best Way! Feb 14 2018 I want to present some of my musings for those who are working in retailing wholesale and making their own products...
- Drawing my Way Through my Jewelry Creating Life Jan 21 2018 For ever, I didn’t have a camera. maybe longer than most, so I was in the habit of drawing my jewelry and how- tos fo...
- African Trade Bead Jewelry Musings Dec 18 2017 It is very easy to learn about the historic trade journeys and routes around the Globe and the part played by the pr...
- Childhood Memories, WW2 England and on. Dec 14 2017 My mother was 8 months pregnant with me when WW2 began. I was 5 years old when the war ended in 1945. If you have bee...
- Summers. Le Treport in Normandy France. Nov 14 2017 Just a quick happy blog here! I was going to Normandy in France most summers until recently. I dunno, things change, ...
- My Original Manufactured Line of Swarovski Jewelry. Tales of Sales. Nov 12 2017 Here are some designs I put together many years ago. I’ve been making bead jewelry for about 40 years now and these ...
- Earring Design Nov 12 2017 Here is an earrings effect I put together many years ago. I’ve been making bead jewelry for about 40 years now and t...
- Showing You a Few Designs in Earrings, Dating Back to the Early 1980s. Nov 05 2017 I had access to these beautiful ears so I went ahead. The long silver beads in one set were made in a metal bead maki...
- Travels With my Baby Son Noah. 1974 to 1975 Nov 04 2017 I took Noah Star to Columbia when he was just under one year old. I had heard about a comet called “Kohoutec”.The com...
- MAKING A PATTERN FROM AN OLD VEST YOU REALLY LOVE! Nov 01 2017 Lay out a nice large sheet of white paper. Carefully arrange one side of the chosen vest. image1 Trace around ...
- ON THE SUBJECT OF HEAD PINS Oct 31 2017 Up until recent years, silver and gold head pins were generally mass produced with a li...
- CREATIVE ENERGY IS JUST DOING IT… Oct 22 2017 To many people, CREATIVE ENERGY is simply two words strung together, daunting and difficult to comprehend. I often he...
- Could my Somewhat Eccentric Ways be Inherited? Oct 21 2017 Watching the documentary about Vivian Maiers brought up a memory of my father’s family. Inbred, aristocratic and ecce...
- Bluefin Was The First Catamaran Ever Built. Oct 20 2017 Simply an adventure I took when I was 21, beginning in Malta. Just a few years ago I found Tom while checking the Int...
- Thoughts about Life's Journey... Oct 20 2017 If we talk about creativity and it's potential manifestation, remember, I have been through the wars to get where I a...
- A Journey in Leather Oct 15 2017 I was living in Manhattan and appearing in the original company of a rather notorious s...
- The Story of Five Beads in Africa Oct 15 2017 "When I told you my husband and I were taking a trip with Overseas Adventure Travel to ...
- The Dream Oct 15 2017 In the dreamI chased the glass rodWith flame.Now here I sit, rod in handBefore its heat…
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