About a month before I opened the new shop I had a surprise visitor. It was a Saturday. My work crew, and I were busy putting together the large unit that would become the display area for strands, and open bins. Construction was moving right along, until
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A couple of weeks ago, I began sharing a series of interviews with the amazing beaders who are offering classes at Dancing Beads this session. Today, I’d like to introduce Ellen Wise, who prefers to be called Elle. Of the seven instructors teaching this session, I have
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Months before I met her, I heard about Persis and her bead making endeavors from her mom. She told me her daughter, who was living in Seattle at the time, had studied at Pratt, and had discovered a passion for lampworking. Fast forward to January, 1998. Persis
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Sometimes a new person will walk into your life, and the two of you immediately click. It’s as if you’ve just met an old friend for the first time. Jenny and I met in another lifetime. OK, so it was more like about five years ago. She
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In January I had the pleasure of meeting Deb Mayne and Lynn Sawyer. Deb is a lampworker who had contacted me to see if I was interested in looking at her beads. When I responded that I’d love to see her work, she told me about her
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When it comes to good fortune, I believe it finds us all on a daily basis. I have the good fortune of being surrounded by an amazing group of beaders. Each one is exceptionally talented, and generous with their time. They’re patient, kind, clever, encouraging, and best
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