Creative Beading Magazine

Holding a place and a window in time

“I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT but it is a year’s worth of work and some of these pieces are earrings which don’t take a lot of hours – except of course for the ones which didn’t work out the first time!”

“I like to feature one or two types of bead and complement them with silver, gold or brass. I believe, in the case of vintage items, that the piece will be more valuable and more collectible when it is itself a collection. I prefer simple rather than intricate styling so that the beads themselves take centre stage.”

A few of the pieces taking centre stage in her exhibition include a necklace featuring vintage brass filigree. This intricate

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