Beads. Unless you grew up around them or acquired an interest in these small holey adornments, the mental image conjured up in your mind may well be neon colored round objects from Mardi Gras, or something similarly banal. Uninspired, pretty, uncomplicated. If however you’ve gone into the passion for collecting, or making jewelry from beads, you know how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Bead Collecting in Tucson
Clockwise from Left to Right: Polymer pendant by Julie Picarello of Yellow House Designs, polymer bead by Klew Expressions, glass bead by Michelle Davis of Tangible Light Studio, and glass bead by Terri Caspary Schmidt of Caspary Lampwork.