Artist on display

:: The News-Courier :: Athens, AL: "Artist's beadwork to be displayed here
By Charlotte Fulton, charlotte@athensnews-courier.com

Though Julia Harper began beading just six years ago, she's so enamored of the intricate craft that her 'stash' has grown to include thousands of beads in every shade and hue imaginable.

The Huntsville woman says she never goes out without wearing one of her beaded necklaces - and usually a bracelet as well.
Harper will be at the Beasley Center in Athens from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Monday, at the invitation of the Southern Stitchers Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America. The public is invited to meet her and see the beaded items which Harper has spent hundreds of hours crafting."


Sounds interesting! I particularly liked the description of her bead "stash".
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Wild Wire Product Review - Crafts for Kids

Wild Wire Product Review - Crafts for Kids: "Wire jewelry and wire creations are a great way to introduce
crafting to kids. They can make necklaces, rings, flowers, animals, insects, creatures and sculptures � whatever they can imagine!

To make wire crafts you need at least 4 things; colored wire, wire cutters, round-nosed pliers and a pair of flat/chain-nose pliers. The materials are available in most craft stores and can be purchased inexpensively. Beyond that, there are all sorts of fancy tools available to help make shaping the wire easier."

This article mentions some great resources for introducing wire crafts and beading to kids.
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Atlanta�s Bead Extravaganza, Promoted by The Down The Street Bead Show, Coming to Duluth, Georgia, Gwinnett Center September 23, 24, 25

Atlanta�s Bead Extravaganza, Promoted by The Down The Street Bead Show, Coming to Duluth, Georgia, Gwinnett Center September 23, 24, 25: "Atlanta�s Bead Extravaganza, promoted by The Down the Street Bead Show, is coming to the Duluth, Georgia, Gwinnett Center September 23rd, 24th, and 25th.

Atlanta�s Bead Extravaganza will prove to be a fun and exciting event for all who love beads and jewelry.

All will be amazed at what some bead makers and designers are doing in glass, seed beads, metal, polymer clay, and many other mediums. The beading business is hot right now and is spawning a very large new interest in jewelry design. The bead business alone has grown to a $1 billion-plus industry nationally.

Many beaders, jewelry designers, and glass bead makers are moving towards adding metals including PMC, Precious Metal Clay, and other mediums to their bead and jewelry designs. At this time, the jewelry design business is in a major renaissance and is at the most exciting time that it has ever been. "

Great news for anyone near Atlanta!
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Beading - so many possibilities

The Network of If: Beading - so many possibilities: "One of my favorite styles of necklaces to make is a really long strand of seed beads interspersed with a contrasting, larger bead. I saw Ashley Judd in an interview once and whatever the necklace she was wearing stuck with me. I don't know the materials, or even if it was made of a string of beads. But it looked like it was a long strand wrapped twice or thrice. And so I've been making my own variations ever since. This week I've made a few, and also these 'everything' necklaces. Actually had a couple of commissions when someone saw one I was wearing. There's absolutely no pattern and I love how you can wear these with lots of things.

The two on the right, that is. All of these are glass beads and since they include any kind of bead I like, you really can wear them for an occasion or just with jeans and a teeshirt. I've worn - and seen - them worn each way. Obviously the first two are more appropriate when matched with complementary colors. But the nicely versatile quality they possess is that you can wear them long or wrapped multiple times for a shorter outcome. "

I love the amazing mix of colours.
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