February 2019 Speaker: Tom Holland

Ancient Inspirations for Contemporary Work 

Tom Holland  will use his love  for story telling to weave together his own personal journey of learning the art of glass beadmaking to the history of the glass beads itself.  He will show  a wide selection of images obtained from over 30 years of research  in Museums and private collections. This includes techniques and some new ways of applying them for contemporary expression. The audience will learn much about world history as well as methods for designs in Glass Beadmaking.

Tom Holland started making glass beads in 1989. After earning two degrees BFA in Ceramics with an Minor on Sculpture NW Missouri State University in 1977. He had careers as a potter, blacksmith, and stone mason in Stone County, Arkansas in the early 1980’s.

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Tom was bitten by the glass muse in his early thirties but his bead habit had started much earlier in his teens as a boy scout in the 1960’s when he developed a love for all things Native American. He had a troupe leader that exposed him to the Material Culture of the American Plains Indians  from  the late 1700s and early 1800s just before and after Lewis and Clark. Tom was especially captivated with the beaded Indian regalia and sacred objects. With an especially artful scout leader, he attended Pow-Wows around the Southwest and the American Plains. He became enamored with the beaded regalia and European trade beads worn in their costuming. He journeyed throughout the nation studying and researching old beads and, ultimately, their manufacture.

Tom started his own glass beadmaking studio in the Arkansas Ozarks in 1989. Tom and his wife “Sage” study and teach ancient glass techniques and exhibit works in glass that reflect their interest in pattern and symbol within smaller forms inspired by the history of glass and the natural surroundings they are rooted in. In addition to being a practicing beadmaker he also teaches workshops at schools and private studios. Tom has built his own off the grid home in the mountains of Stone County.

Tom is an inductee into The International Society of Glass Beadmakers Hall of Flame for his presentations on techniques and The History of Glass and Beads .

Tom Holland  has been published in Bead and Button Magazine , Ornament Magazine, 1000 Glass Beads by Lark Books , American Style Magazine, Making Glass beads by Cindy Jenkins , Collectible Beads by Robert Liu, The Masters in Beadmaking , Lark Books, The History of Beads By Lois Sherr Dubin , Abrams Publishing.

    Tom Holland has presented over the United States, Canada, Istanbul and Italy. He has presented for The international Society of Glass Beadmakers. Tom have exhibited in The Toyota Museum in Japan, Taiwan,  Denmark Glass Museum,  Rockwell Museum in Corning New York, he has  taught  all over the USA as well as Canada, Istanbul Turkey and  Murano Italy Tom Holland  is also been inducted in the ISGB  International Hall of Flame.

Speaker: Tom Holland, February 19, 2019, 7:30-9:00 with 30 minute social before the meeting.

Location: Albany Community Center, 1249 Marin Avenue, Albany, CA  map . Parking is in the back of the building.

Everyone is invited to attend this speaker meeting. Members with membership card: free, non-members $5. Membership can be purchased at the meeting or online by clicking here.