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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
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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.  Matthew Brody, aka Tiger Tiger will speak on the history and culture of people and their beads, including Pyu and Chin beads. He’ll also have Robert Burkett’s designed beads.
April 7th, 2021 Join us at 7 pm Pacific Time for the program. Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome!  Dolls & Beads! Beads & Dolls!
The March 3rd meeting will highlight dolls and beads! Come share your collection! Possibly you have dolls that are composed of beads, like one in the picture. Or you have a combination of dolls with beads and materials. Or you have dolls that are adorned with beads! Do your dolls have stories to tell? Bring to share! It will be an interesting assortment! Join us at 7 pm Pacific Time for the Program. Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm, same Zoom info, all are welcome! Our February 3rd meeting will focus on Non-Jewelry Bead Art! The meeting will feature work by members that is not specifically jewelry. A panel of Bead Society members will highlight the creative artwork and projects they have been working on. The Bead Art presentations specifically will be of objects that are not jewelry that encompass beads. So, is it "Bead Art" or "Beaded Art"? I decided I liked "Bead Art" to emphasize the Bead part! Others may disagree. Some of our presenters include:
Come feast your eyes on outstanding creative works by Bead Society members! Feb 6, 2021 Virtual program meeting will begin at 7 pm, Pacific Time. Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Bead Society Business meeting at 6:30 pm.  One of the Wishing Sticks by Michele Manzella of M3 Collections!
Learn Beadographer! Beadographer is a new online app for designing beading designs. Currently it can be used to create brick, loom, peyote, herringbone, and right angle weave designs, with round and cylinder seed beads. You can use it to create beaded tapestries, jewelry, and ornaments. You can try it out for free at beadographer.com (no login or download required).   Bead Society Holiday Party, Fun & Games
The Bead Society Holiday Party is on December 2nd at 7:00 pm! While we can't meet in person this year, we are planning a fun holiday party. Please RSVP because we want to send you some information ahead of time! Invite your friends! We are planning on playing Bead Bingo! Nikki Donahue and Kay Deeney are working on a Bead Identification Game! We have a crossword puzzle for you as well. Maybe some other exciting activities! There will be prizes!  Do you want to learn how to burn glass using a kiln? Join us at The Bead Society November Meeting to learn about Dichroic Glass from member, Tiki Barbeau. Tiki operates a website, called The New Chic GLASS TIKI Jewelry Collection at www.glasstikijewelry.com . Her tag line is Kiln-Fired Dichroic Glass Wearable Art! Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 899 883 2615, Passcode: Beads Dichroic glass is a series of micro-layered metal oxides applied to glass. This process creates a transmitted color and a completely different reflected color. This causes an array of color to be displayed. The colors continue to shift depending on the angle of view. Due to the variation of firing processes, individual results can't be exactly predicted, so each piece of fused dichroic glass is unique. Tiki will show people how to score, break, and design the objects. She’ll demonstrate kiln fusing, cooling and processing. |
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