Would you like to see some beadwork by an artist who is equally proficient in vessels and sculptural pieces as she is in jewelry? Then visit Melanie Doerman’s website, The Magpie.
Melanie has created a loomed self-portrait which I find fascinating:
And her vessels, which she has made to illustrate the Tarot, are astounding:
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“And just think…..all I ever wanted was a box of 64 colors!!”
So says extraordinary bead artist Cassandra Graham. You’ll need to set aside some serious time to take in all of Cassandra’s gorgeous pieces on her website, Wilde Jewels. Amazing pieces live there, like this Bead Dreams finalist called French Vanilla:
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This piece is called Florence, and it contains 6,468 glass beads! Beautiful, huh? Go see the rest of Melissa’s stunning beadwork!
I smile when I see Ingrid’s beadwork. It’s fun, cute, mostly happy, and the colors are great! She makes a lot of non-wearables, but I’ll encourage you to go visit her to see them rather than show them all here!
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C.A. Therien, an online friend of mine, makes beautiful polymer clay beads. But that’s not all! She recently shared on her blog that she had turned her hand to making tea caddies from altoid tins! Check this out:
Go visit C.A.! She’s got a wonderful polymer tutorials on her blog, and she’s just delightful to read 
All out of beads, of course!
Alexandra makes these beauties on a loom, weaving thousands (millions?) of Japanese delicas. I’m not sure I even want to think about it! But I sure do like looking at them
Global Crafts is a site that belongs to the Fair Trade Federation. Members are committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. So you can feel good about purchasing artisan-made pieces from this site. These beaded animals are found in the Metal and Tin Art section.
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Prepare your eyes for a riot of color when you visit Ayala Bar’s site! Her background includes theater design, and she has evidently extended this wonderful flair for the dramatic to her jewelry designs too.
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Clare Byfield recently got some optical lenses from me, and I want to show you what she’s done with them! I love the way she’s added rhinestones to the surface of the lenses:
If it interests you to try playing with these, I have a tutorial available from when I taught these on HGTV. Sets of three lenses are also available.
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Lisa Kokin has an artistic vision that is very hard to categorize, because she does so many things so very well. Consequently, Lisa has gallery representation in both New York and California…believe me, it’s easy to see why! But don’t take my word for it…visit her site and spend a little time admiring her buttonworks, altered books, sewn photos, and sculptures.
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Just another Wacked-Out Wednesday!
Don’t share this site with your four year old daughter unless she’s just as quirky as you! Seriously, though, Margaux Lange’s jewelry is unique and hauntingly stunning!
Make sure you come back tomorrow, because Margaux was gracious enough to do an entire artist profile for us. Can’t wait!
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Come on a journey through a bead and jewelry wonderland, where no item is considered too strange to use in making something...especially if that item has a hole in it! All types of beads are welcomed and cherished here, and no techniques are off-limits. You'll be amazed and inspired by the beadwork that is being done today!
Bead Arts Author(s)
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