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From September to June, the Toronto Bead Society usually meets on the second Wednesday of every month at Ryerson University, 380 Victoria Street (East of Yonge, Between College and Dundas).
If you like to learn, look and talk about beads, we invite you to join our society.
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Feb 10, 2010 - Maggie Meister "Ancient Voices"- Beadwork Inspired by Antiquity |
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Maggie Meister of Amphora Designs will be our guest speaker. Maggie's beadwork is inspired by ancient mosaics, frescoes and jewelery.
Her interest in beading started while she was living in the Seattle area. After moving to Naples, Italy in 1998 she studied at the Mosaic Art School in Ravenna, Italy under Luciana Notturni and learned the ancient traditional methods of creating mosaics. This has added to her ability to create beadwork translated from the designs of frescoes and mosaics seen on the floors and walls of abbeys, monasteries and ruins. Sculptural reflections from the images she loves are translated into jewelry using seed beads with a variety of stitches.
Her work has been shown in Milan and Naples and has been featured in BEADWORK Magazine, BEAD & BUTTON Magazine along with others.
Maggie's trip to Toronto is sponsored by Bead Junction where she will be teaching a series of classes on Feb 12 thru 14.
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Bead Magazine Submission Guidelines |
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Follow up from our October 7th, 2009 meeting - Panel on Selling Your Designs for Publication.
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What is the Bag of Beads Challenge? |
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By Marilyn Parker
Time to Expand Your Horizons
Starting in November you can sign up to receive one
of one hundred Bag of Beads. It will cost $10. At the
January meeting you will pick up your bag.
Each bag has exactly the same things in it. They will
include (but are not limited to) small beads, larger
beads, maybe some crystals, perhaps some semi-
precious stone, and that oh-so frustrating stumper—
the one thing that has no hole, is definitely not a bead,
and makes you think in new and creative ways about
your beading. Over the next two months you can start
playing with that Bag of Beads, get extremely crea-
tive and swear under your breath at the person who
put the bag together (this year that would be me).
There are only three rules:
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You must use at least ONE of everything in the
bag (including the stumper).
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You can add anything you like: beads, wire, shells,
kitchen sink, or any other thing you want to add.
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We ask you to bring your work to the meeting in
March, whether or not it is finished, and share it with
everyone. If you don’t want to speak at the meeting,
you can make a little card saying what your inspiration
was, what stitches you used, and what you learned
from the experience.
The promise of this little creative experiment is:
- You have an opportunity to challenge yourself.
- We all get the joy of seeing the amazing variety
and skills of other members.
Take a look at what members did last year with the Different Shades of Cream challenge. |
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233-253 College Street Toronto, ON, M5T 1R5 416-264-8999 |
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Meetings
7pm to 9pm
Ryerson Univiersity Jorgensen Hall, Room: POD250 380 Victoria Street Toronto, ON
MAP
416-264-8999
In case of bad weather check the web site or call the number above. Meeting cancellations will be posted by 3 pm, day of meeting.
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