 Found Object Necklace! The Bead Society June program will focus on Found Objects as Alternative Jewelry Components. Think nuts & bolts, gears, carabiners, springs, keys, toys and other unusual objects! It will be a sharing session! Bring some of your unusual bracelets, necklaces, etc. that you have made or discovered with alternate parts. All are welcome!
Wednesday June 1st, 7:00 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm, Elections will be held. Find out more about our fall Bazaar and Pop-Up plans! Same Zoom info, all are welcome! The picture above was located via lilruby on Flickr.
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 The May meeting of the Bead Society will focus on Unusual Beads. It will be a sharing session, so bring your unusual beads and the stories that go along with them! Wednesday May 4th, 7:00 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Unusual beads can be found in jewelry made of different materials such as bone, wood or feathers. They can be beads that just have unusual shapes, surprise us! I have been thrilled to find beads that glow in the dark! One artist I encountered makes pendants and objects that glow in black light! What interesting beads do you have? Join us in sharing fascinating stories about beads! The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm, Same Zoom info, all are welcome! *Beads in the picture are from top left: Blacklight fish pendant; green glow in the dark stars; glow in the dark beads with lapis beads; candy corn and cat beads; and carved bone with elephants and a dog.
 Adorning purses with beads has a long tradition. Lots of beaded purses are available nowadays. Some of the ones in the picture above are commercially made in China. Come to the meeting to see a wide range of beaded purses and purses with beads! Bring your own to share with us!
Wednesday, Mar 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads (Beads is case sensitive.) Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome!  February is Black History Month, so what better way to celebrate it than by presenting artists who bring us African American beads, jewelry and other art!
We have gotten together 10 artists to form a panel so to speak. These artists' artwork is in different genres: jewelry, quilting, painting, leather smithing, clothing and one is a consumer of black art! They are interested in sharing their stories and thoughts with The Bead Society. Sylvia Humphrey, our panel moderator, will ask questions of our panelists. Wednesday, Feb 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome! Thanks to Sylvia for coordinating this topic and all the panelists!  The program for the January 5th Bead Society meeting is Bead Identification. Nikki Donahue and Kay Deeney will be showing pictures of beads and asking you all to identify them. We did a similar program last year at the online Holiday Party. Back by popular demand, we will see what you remember, and show you even more interesting beads!
An educational time will be had by all! Join us! January 5th, 2022 7 pm Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome! Exploring Beading on the Internet! The November 3rd meeting of the Bead Society will focus on the Internet. We will explore websites, YouTube videos and more. Many of us are familiar with purchasing beading supplies on the Internet, but in this session, we will explore training and educational opportunities on the World Wide Web! This will be a sharing session, so bring your favorite websites and YouTube videos as well to stimulate our creativity! Come join us! 7 pm Pacific Time. We will be virtual!  Nov 3rd, 7 pm Pacific Time
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8998832615?pwd=UktmV0dKcXRsZzE1Z0JwM1FKMmdiQT09 Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome! Faking It – Plastic Imitations of Organic Materials The August 4th Bead Society meeting will feature Rosanna Falabella, as our speaker. She will talk about fakes and plastic imitations of materials in Jewelry. Many examples of the fakes along side the "real thing" will be shown for ivory, pearl, amber, tortoiseshell, coral, and jet. Check out the following pictures! Rosanna Falabella has created a Plastic bead identification guide available here. August 4th 7 pm Pacific Time Boxes, Containers & Things: Where do You Keep your Beads?!!! The July Bead Society meeting will focus on containers, boxes, and furniture that we all use to store our beads and jewelry materials. Come share your resources that aid you in being more creative, or protecting your valuable beads! July 7th 7 pm Pacific Time Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info!  It's been an interesting year since the Bead Society stopped having in person meetings last April, 2020. We also cancelled our April and October Bazaars! What have we all learned during this time? Have you made more jewelry with the time that you had? Have you spent time organizing your collections of beads? Have you made masks? The June meeting, the last meeting of our fiscal year (July 1-June 30), will focus on sharing what we have accomplished in the last year. Come join us to share our hopes and plans for the future! June 2nd 7 pm Pacific Time Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads   The May 5th meeting will focus on Crystals. We will talk about the crystal world, protective qualities of crystals, and use of crystals in jewelry making. Bring your crystals to share! We hope to see and appreciate beautiful objects that many of you have created or collected!
Join us May 5th at 7 pm Pacific Time for the program. Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads What is it about crystals that attracts us? Is it the sparkle, the bling, the various facets of light reflecting through them? As you have probably heard by now, the crystal world is undergoing some changes. Most notably, Swarovski, one of the major crystal suppliers, has made adjustments as to how they will distribute their crystals in the marketplace and will limit the sale of Swarovski crystals to select luxury branding partners. They will no longer be offering Swarovski crystals to DIY (do-it-yourself) and other retail customers as in the past. The quality of crystals from China is also excellent. Are there design considerations when putting together a piece of jewelry with crystals? From Lois Sherr Dubin's book, The History of Beads: From 100,000 B.C. to the Present, 2009, crystals are considered as powerful materials for protection. (Other materials are coral, agate and amber.) I googled "crystals and their meaning," and discovered lots of interesting links. I encourage you to try that also! Come join us and share your crystal collections, and objects made with crystals! The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome! Crystal picture from Max Pixel. |
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