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For the Love of Beads
By Ryan Horn
In a hotel ballroom with 15 tables covered in beads and tools and over 70
people laughing, talking and beading, one thing is obvious: these people
are in their element and loving it.
At the eighth annual Texas Bead Retreat in Temple, Texas, January 19-21,
women and a few men from all over the country gathered to share the love
of beads and their life stories. The weekend-long bead retreat was
developed by Sandy Pardo and Elizabeth Harkins.
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The Art of Glass Beads
By Ryan Horn
In the beginning, glass was a natural substance formed from a volcano, but
today glass is a plate, a vase, a bead. Today, glass is artwork.
Part of that artwork is the art of glass bead-making. In Texas, and all over
the country, this art is being practiced every day. Diane Schulz, Edwidge
Denyszyn and Royelle Giddings create glass beads through lampworking.
Lampworking is the use of a torch to melt glass and create a bead and can be
accomplished at home with the right tools.
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The Business of Beads
By Ryan Horn
Jane Overman has owned a successful bead store for 15 years. Cindy Fleming
just opened a bead store in July 2006. Edwidge Denyszyn was a successful
bead vendor for 10 years. These women know the business of beads.
Overman, the bead vendor for the 2007 Texas Bead Retreat, owns
Jane’s Fiber and Beads in
Afton, Tennessee, and attends 65 shows a year. Overman started doing bead
work over 30 years ago when her son was one year old. At a craft show in the
basement of the phone company, she saw a necklace she had to have but could
not afford. Afterwards, Overman began creating her own jewelry.
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