Beadwork Artist and Teacher
Beadwork has been dated back to Late Old Stone Age. Throughout history, we as humans have been drawn to adorn ourselves with beads.
I am fascinated with how this art form is taught, and the new beads and techniques, as well as learning the history of beadwork as it evolved over our planet.
Once a young software engineer told me this was a waste of time. I told him it was a fabulous waste of time and hung up on him.
Pearls surrounded by plain gold, worn by both Anne Boleyn and her daughter Queen Elizabeth I, were popular in the Tudor era. These earrings, inspired by that period, use glass pearls, simple briolette drops, and metal-finish seed beads to achieve that intricate look.
