I’ve written before about Murphy; she won best of show and second place at the last Heard Museum Fair and Market.  She’s an Oglala bead artist from Montana, and I have seen one of her pieces in person at a museum here in Minnesota.  I just learned that she is part of an exhibit named…

Here’s two more, added to this blogroll and my feed reader…. Cieolo Design Beverly Ash Gilbert

If I were in New York City June 19-21, World of Beads would be on my must-see list.  It’s a juried exhibit hosted by the Bead Society of Greater New York including demonstrations, workshops, and vendors.  Click on Past Exhibits at the bottom of the page to see previous years’ galleries.

Land of Odds sponsors an Ugly Necklace contest every year.  “Our respected judges evaluated these creatively-designed pieces in terms of hideousness, use of materials and clasp, the number of jewelry design principles violated, and the designer’s artistic control. Extra points were awarded for artists’ use of smaller beads, because it’s much more difficult to do…