It all started with someone asking me if I wanted to learn how to make a necklace, and then….. On May 15, 2018 our bead society, BSNC, was privileged to […]
Rene Baba – Her story of success and not The speaker for April 17, 2018 was Oakland based Rene Baba. She gave an unusual presentation into her journey down the
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Melanie Potter – The Design Process and Incubating Ideas into Tangible Beadwork Designs Melanie Potter is the owner/artist/designer for School of Beadwork and a national/international instructor teaching unique off-loom seed bead
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On February 20, 2018, the Bead Society took a quick and colorful trip through the life of Jayashree Paramesh growing up in India and how it influenced her artistry years
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Welcome to our new location at the Albany Library and Community Center located at 1249 Marin Avenue in Albany, CA. On January 16, 2018, our first speaker of the year
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At every bead show, there is a group of tables that are constantly mobbed. Those tables belong to Kathy Getty. On November 21, Kathy enlightened our membership with how she
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RUXTAPOSING – Nicky Ruxton July 18, 2017 brought an interesting subject matter before the Bead Society of Northern California membership. Where we normally hear a speaker’spresentation on beading or bead-related
On October 17, 2017 we were privy to an inspirational pathway into exquisite beaded jewelry created by Anja Schlotman-Bakkenes. Her beaded jewelry was out on the tables. None was for
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Huib Petersen did not grow up in a family of artists let alone beaders. He is from the very small town of Doom in Holland, basically an area of farmers.
As a young girl in the 60’s, Judy Tomsky wanted to become another Margaret Mead…a famous American Cultural Anthropologist. 1979-1980 brought her to Jerusalem, spending her junior year abroad. As
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