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This new column on Beads in the News will highlight articles and press releases and news items that focus on beads and jewelry. If you would like to contribute to this column, please send your input to [email protected].  These industrious beetles can live up to a few years without food, and rarely need water, making them unfortunately easy pets. MAXIMILIAN PARADIZ/WIKIMEDIA/CC The Living, Breathing Brooches of the Yucatán by ROXANNE HOORN, Atlas Obscura SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 The live, jewel-encrusted beetles called maquechs are tied to an ancient Mayan legend, but some worry for their future. This article talks about these wonderful bejewelled beetles from Yucatán, Mexico. Sold to tourists, the beetles are attached with a pin and a chain. They scurry all over the wearer's blouse. They are adorned with fake diamonds, ruby, emeralds, pearls, or velvety fabric. The beetles can go months or years without eating. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. has a collection of these beetles with and without adornment! For more information, click on this link to Atlas Obscura.  Dusting Off Your Pearls, New York Times, September 9, 2023, p. A3.
The New York Times advises us that Peals are back in and even men are wearing them! If you have ideas for this column, please send your input to [email protected].
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 claralieu, CC BY 2.0  HappyMidnight, CC BY-SA 3.0 Orange is the new Black. Well, not exactly in terms of beads. On October 4th at the Bead Society Program meeting, we will be discussing both Black & Orange Beads! These are the colors of autumn, Halloween and mystery! Bring your Orange and Black beads or finished jewelry and objects with those colors, and we will have an entertaining sharing session! Wednesday October 4th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Beads can symbolize union as they look better when they are paired with each other to make a necklace or chains. . .  Vintage beads, gifts, vintage necklace The September 6th Bead Society Program Meeting will be about Inherited or gifted jewelry.--things we have gotten from our families and friends. This will be a sharing session. Think about jewelry you were gifted by family members or friends. What did you do with it? Did you rework a piece into something else? Or do you cherish it because of who gave it to you? What is the history behind the item? Does it sit in a box gathering dust, or do you use/wear it or look at it often?
Come to the meeting! Share your thoughts! And show your treasures! Wednesday September 6th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Come to welcome Lisa Shatts as the new Bead Society President presiding over the business meeting! The picture above shows various vintage beads and objects, some cuff links, pins and pendants, and a vintage necklace.  The Bead Society Program for June is titled "Louvre de Roches." It will be Wednesday, June 7th at 7 pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Our speaker is Ken Rogers. Ken will guide us through the amazing images in his Louvre de Roches.
Wednesday June 7th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! As Ken says, There are many beautiful pictures and images hidden away inside numerous regular rocks and gemstones. These wonderful treasures are just waiting to be discovered. I have cut open various mundane stones, and discovered their hidden treasures. Some of these beautiful images look like an Ansel Adams photograph, and others look like a painting hanging in the Louvre. These wonderful images include: faces, animals, people, plants/flowers, landscapes (desert, aquatic, and outer space scenes), and much more.  The Bead Society Program for May is titled "My Bead Journey." It will be Wednesday, May 3rd at 7 pm Pacific Time. Our speaker is Doris Weinbaum who opened a bead store in 1993, without knowing how to bead. Doris will tell the story of her serendipitous journey from neophyte bead entrepreneur to accomplished bead artist. Her bead store is in Oak Park, Illinois. She sold it iand lives in San Clemente now.
Wednesday May 3rd 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Doris Weinbaum has been involved with beads, both as a businesswoman and an artist/teacher since 1993. In that year Doris opened a retail bead shop in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. While owning and managing the shop, Doris began learning beading techniques and jewelry design from instructors in her store, books and customers. Given her breadth of experience with many other hand-crafts, including sewing, knitting and crocheting, Doris' talent for beading blossomed. Doris has had one of her original designs published and has taught a wide range of beading techniques to children and adults. The theme of the April 5th Bead Society Program meeting is Czech Two Hole Glass Beads & the Possibilities! Join us!
Lillian Todaro, Bead Society Vice president, will speak a little about the history of Czech Glass Beads, and then, the biggest thing to happen to beads in tens of thousands of years: A SECOND HOLE! She will talk about two or more hole beads and Beaded Jewelry made with them. She will have a number of beaded earrings, bracelets and necklaces to show, plus pictures of how two hole beads are used. Also, we all want to see your jewelry pieces made with two or more hole beads, so bring them to share and talk about. Wednesday Apr 5, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address!  The 2023 Tucson Bead Symposium will be on February 25th, This year’s theme is Symbolism in Beads and they are proud to present the perfect line up of presenters for this topic:
- Robert K. Liu, Co-editor of Ornament magazine, jeweler, photographer, bead researcher and author - Sindi Schloss, gemologist and author of ’Symbolism in global jewelry’ - Nina Sam Hibler, bead artist and member of the Hall of Fame of Beads of Courage The 2023 symposium will be on February 25th, 11 am PST, noon MST Tucson, (this is 8pm in Amsterdam, 2 PM in New York). The symposium will be held online over Zoom, and is free to attend. Register by sending an email to [email protected]. For more information, go to www.beadsymposium.com. from an email promo by Floor Kaspers and Peter van de Wijngaart, Amsterdam The Bead Society presents the 2nd annual Black History Month presentations by local artists on February 1st. Since February is Black History Month, what better way to celebrate it than by presenting artists who bring us African American beads, jewelry and other art! The event is hosted by Sylvia Humphrey. Our presenters will demonstrate various genres of artwork, some have multiple areas. Two of our presenters participated last year and this year they are teaching our younger generation their art skills and knowledge. This can be very impactful in so many ways on a young person's life journey. We hope to see you next Wednesday, Feb 1st at 7 pm. See the slide show above for a previews of some pictures from our Artists. Eddie Stokes, Sandra Sherman Designs, and Regina Higgins-Rainmaker will be joining the panel.
Wednesday Feb 1st, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Thanks to Sylvia for coordinating this topic and all the panelists!  The January 4th online program meeting will feature Terry Henry, a glass artist! Terry will show a movie on how she makes her Northern lights or Galaxy bead and how she makes her floral components. From her bio, Terry started out as a geologist and hydrologist. "I have travelled to Italy twice to take flameworking classes and appreciate the beauty and history of Italy. I have traveled to New Zealand, taught at Fenton Glass Factory in West Virginia, and have exhibited and taught in Tucson, Arizona for the last 9 years. For the past 6 years I have traveled to Canada to participate and instruct at the Molten Experience. I believe working on the edge had been the biggest factor in my ability to grow as an artist." See the pictures above and below, and prepare to be wowed! Terry will also be at the Pasadena Bead & Design Show at the Hilton Pasadena starting on January 6-8, 2023. Her website is Terry Henry Glassworks. Wednesday Jan 4th, 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads All are welcome! Business meeting at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! The November 2nd program meeting of the Bead Society is titled, Picture Books We Know and Love, Bead & Jewelry Books, of Course! This is a sharing session where members and participants can share their favorite books regarding beads and jewelry. These can be books with wonderful pictures of beads, or books that show interesting techniques, or historical works about cultural aspects of adornment! You can hold up the books, or take pictures of pages and share the pictures. The Bead Society has a LibraryThing account if you would like to see a listing of some fascinating books that we have available in our library! Wednesday Nov 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time  Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads
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