Toronto Bead Society

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From September to June, the Toronto Bead Society usually meets on the second Wednesday of every month. Please check our Meeting Schedule for actual dates.

If you like to learn, look and talk about beads, we invite you to join our society.

Do you want to attend a single meeting?

Sep 14, 2022 - Gillian Clarke: Lace - A Very Brief History

We continue to meet virtually via Zoom. TBS members will be sent the link via email the week of the presentation. Join us on-line to connect with the group and see the summer challenge creations.

Although it is a completely impractical fabric - consisting of "a lot of holes surrounded with thread" - lace has had a remarkable history. For a period of about three hundred years lace was the ultimate social status symbol for rich and noble Europeans, while generations of poor workers, mostly women, made a living manufacturing it.

Join Gillian for a fast gallop through history and a look at what modern artists are doing with this captivating material.