 The February 4th Program Meeting of the Bead Society is going to feature the African Twilight. Some of you will remember that we had a Gala event back in 2019 with Alan Donovan from Africa introducing the video. We are celebrating Black History Month by revisiting this video! The two women, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher traveled all over Africa for over 45 years. They produced 17 books about various aspects of their travels. We will be showcasing a talk the two women did in 2022 at the GLEX Summit (Global Exploration Summit). Their two volume book, African Twilight will be available to peruse!
We will be meeting both in person and on Zoom. Veterans Memorial Complex, Senior Center, Room C71, 7 pm The Senior Center is at 4095 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA . It is just across the street from the Vets Memorial Building. Parking is available in the lot behind the building. Feb 4th, 7 pm PT Zoom information is Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads. TBS Business meeting at 6:15 pm. Join us! Some additional resources from YouTube and the web: African Twilight: Vanishing Rituals & Ceremonies - Angela Fisher & Carol Beckwith Cuyamungue Institute An interview with the two women with staff from the Cuyamungue Institute and guests. 2 hours, 23 minutes Interview: Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher | National Geographic A clever feast spares the lives of photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher during a harrowing trip to Surmaland near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border. 6.23 minutes African Twilight GALA NIGHT OF THE CENTURY The documentary by Reality media Online of he spectacular launch of the double volume book of the vanishing rituals and ceremonies of the African continent by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, with a carnival of Music, dance, costume and fashion created from vanishing handwoven and printed textiles of African continent. African Heritage House, Mar 3, 2019. This was the documentary we viewed by DVD back in 2019. 1 hour, 3 minutes AFRICAN TWILIGHT: VANISHING RITUAL & CEREMONIES - Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher GLEX Summit 2022 This is the video we watched during the meeting, Africa Online Museum Würzburg, Germany You can find other interviews with Carol and Angela by searching by their names.
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 Collectible Beads, by Robert K. Liu The January 7th TBS Program Meeting will feature Margie Akin talking about Collecting from an Anthropologist's Point of View. Margie has an extensive background in teaching at UC Riverside, CSU San Bernadino and the University of Redlands. Margie is a Cultural and Linguistic Services Specialist.
The event will be in person, and on Zoom. We will be meeting in the Uruapan room of the Veterans Memorial Building at 7:00 pm PT. Zoom information is Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads. Beads have been collected since women and men walked the earth. "Beads were probably the first durable ornaments humans possessed ... " * TBS Business meeting at 6:30 pm. Join us! *Liu, Robert K, Foreword, The History of Beads: from 100,000 B.C. to the Present. Dubin, Lois Sherr. Abrams: New York, rev ed., 2009,  Beadmaking in Glass, a World of Techniques The diversity of glass techniques that are used to create beads is much bigger than often thought. Pretty much every glass technique you can think of, has also been applied to beadmaking. Lampwork beads, furnace wound beads, drawn beads, molded beads, coldworked beads, blown beads: there are many ways to make a bead. In this presentation, we will travel around the world to see, for example, beads made at a wood fired furnace, seed bead production in India, lampworking in Indonesia and the making of molded beads in the Czech Republic. You will never look at a glass bead the same again! Floor Kaspers is our speaker, all the way from the Netherlands via Zoom! Join the Bead Society in person at the Veterans Memorial Complex in the Uruapan room or via Zoom. November 5th, 7 pm Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Business meeting at 6:30 pm. Join us!  The October 2nd Bead Society Program Meeting will be held via Zoom at 7 pm on Symbolism in Global Jewelry. Note that this meeting is a Thursday, not our usual Wednesday meeting time. Thursday, Oct 2nd, 2025 6:30 PM Pacific Time (Program at 7 pm, Business meeting at 6:30 pm. ) Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads We are in for a great treat for the October 2, meeting, with Sindi Schloss, gemologist, appraiser and educator, talking about Symbolism in Global Jewelry. Sindi is a return speaker for our group, she is very knowledgeable, lively and entertaining. As Sindi will share with us, “symbolic thought defines us as 'modern man'. Jewelry is one of the first indicators and examples of symbolic thought and predates rock art by 90,000 years!” This presentation will examine primary symbols witnessed by early humans and translated into jewelry as wearable symbols. Not only will this presentation expand your worldview, but give you a greater appreciation and ability to interpret purpose and meaning of jewelry. The September Meeting of the Bead Society is the first meeting of our fiscal year which started July 1. We are going to focus on what we did this summer. Ideally, what we made! We also had successful events at the Fiesta of Gems sponsored by CCRMC, and the Pop Up of the Whole Bead Show. It will be a sharing session, so members and attendees are encouraged to participate. You can share what you made or send pictures to Kay who will put them together into a slideshow. So come to the meeting and show us What you Made this Summer!
The meeting will be held on Zoom. Bead Society Meeting & Program! Wednesday, Sep 3, 2025 6:30 PM Pacific Time (Program at 7 pm, Business meeting at 6:30 pm. ) Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads All are welcome!  Lucille Ball A big change! The June Progam Meeting of the Bead Society will be on Zoom! It will focus on Fabulous Fashions in the Movies! It is Wednesday, June 4th at 7 pm, (It had been scheduled for in person during the day.) The Lecture is titled “A Look at Fabulous Fashions in the Movies.” Greg Schreiner will share stories from his collection of over 500 movie costumes. Among the stars he will be talking about are Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, Julie Andrews and Susan Hayward. Greg did this talk to an audience of 150 in Chicago recently. He has spoken to our group before, and shared beautiful costumes for our amazement! Many of the costumes have intricate beaded patterns, an art that may be disappearing! Bead Society Meeting & Program! Wednesday June 4th, 7:00 pm Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads Business meeting at 6:30 pm. Join us!  Speaker had to cancel. He will be back in the fall. Cancelled!  Chris and Rod Miyata The May Bead Society Program Meeting will be rescheduled on Zoom. Our speaker is Rod Miyata of Ace of Diamonds in Culver City. Mr. Miyata will talk on Custom Jewelry Manufacturing and will present a slide show to inform our members of the processes. He is also tempting us with some items, such as earrings, that he will have for a raffle. Join us!
Rod is a gemologist who along with his wife, Chris run the Ace of Diamonds jewelry store in Culver City. They are dealers of Fine Jewelry and Custom Design Manufacturing, provide expert jewelry appraisals and repairs and are members of the prestigious American Gem Society. The Bead Society Business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Elections will be held! Members, be there to vote!  The April 2nd Bead Society Program meeting will be held in Culver CIty at the Veterans Memorial Building at 12:30 pm. Our guest speaker is Renée Newman, gemologist and a frequent speaker for our group. The title of her talk is Evolution of Diamond Cuts & Qualities in Jewelry from 1300 until Now.
The cutting styles and quality of the diamonds in estate and antique jewelry provide important clues about when it was made. Renée’s PowerPoint will show
used in high-end designer jewelry while industrial diamond users are now enjoying much higher qualities of lab-grown diamond in their industrial products.
even uncut octahedrons. Come see her slides and insight!  The February 5th program meeting of the Bead Society will be In Person! The theme is BEad My Valentine, a subtle play on words! This will be a sharing session, and we are hoping that you will bring your red beads, Valentine inspired beads and jewelry, and hearts! We will discuss and talk about these wonderful treasures!
The meeting will be in the Kaizuka Room of the Veterans Memorial Building. That room is to the left and down the hall when you come in the main entrance. It is not the room where we used to meet before the pandemic. We will be meeting during the day, see the times below. February Bead Society Program Meeting! Wednesday February 5th, 12:30 PM Pacific Time The Bead Society business meeting is at 12 pm PT. Come hear about our plans for the Bead Show March 1st! And opportunities for field trips! Picture is from The Book of Beads: A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Beads and Jewelry Making, by Janet Coles and Robert Budwig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990, p. 61. The Bead Society has a copy of this book. Program is cancelled due to multiple fires in the Los Angeles County area. Business meeting will be held. This month's Bead Society Program Meeting is on Resolutions for the New Year! Come share what your plans are! Do you have any UFOs, unFinished Objects that hopefully you will complete this year? Do you have resolutions to organize your bead collection better so that you can find things easier? Do you plan to try new materials or patterns, view more YouTube videos or read books or magazines about beads and jewelry? Do you hope to attend more Bead shows, such as ours on March 1st at the Veterans Memorial Complex in Culver City? Are you going to try different venues to sell your jewelry or beads?  Come to the online meeting to share your perspectives! It will be a fun and entertaining evening. You may get inspired by your colleagues!
January Bead Society Program Meeting! Wednesday January 8, 7;00 PM Pacific Time Meeting ID: 899 883 2615 Passcode: Beads The Bead Society business meeting is at 6:30 pm PT at the same Zoom address! Come hear about our plans for the Bead Show in March! |
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