started about 11 years ago after I moved to Texas
and started selling my beads online. Soon after I
was published and have been growing my bead
business ever since. It's now our family business
and my husband works as my assistant.
You have a very distinctive style and brand, how
did that materialise/evolve?
I think my style develop because I was willing
to experiment and try my own techniques. I
es mix custom color palettes, carve my own molds
from my original sketches and have created a
few techniques that are trade secrets to help my
y beads stand apart. I have a strong vision for my
brand, taking my cues from nature and art history. My beads are my art. I studied painting and
drawing and have a degree in Fine Arts, I take
that artistic spirit and translate it into beads.
You write a lot of tutorials and teach bead & jewelry making in person through your retreats and
the bead cruise, what is it about teaching and
passing on your knowledge that you enjoy?
I love to see jewelry designers embrace art beads
and I'm on a mission to help inspire as many
as I can! My favorite part of teaching is seeing
students learn a jewelry technique and then
go beyond the class assignment and find their
own spark of inspiration. I love teaching jewelry
classes because I am constantly inspired by their
creativity. Bead Reteats and the
Bead Cruise are my dream vacations, there is
nothing like spending time with kindred spirits
to renew the soul! No one gets you quite like another bead addict.
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