About 5 years ago, as part of my research on the history of beads, I started learning to do beadwork. A year later, I started learning to make glass beads to understand historical glass techniques better. What started out as research, opened up a new world of making art and jewelry for me. Starting to write about this process, is the next step.

In 10 weeks time, I leave for the ISGB Gathering in New Orleans. Seem like plenty of time, right? Wrong!