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From September to June, the Toronto Bead Society usually meets on the second Wednesday of every month at the Toronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre (west of Yonge Street, 2 blocks south of Wellesley subway station). 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.
Oct 10, 2018 - Bennett McCardle: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Endangered Materials in Bead Jewellery Making
Bennett will share her knowledge and research on endangered materials used to make bead and similar jewellery today.
Why are these materials endangered? Are there types that are not endangered? How can you tell the difference? Why do some vendors sell them? Are there substitutes?
Bennett will try to answer these questions for the materials listed below.
- Coral
- Stone (overmined types)
- Pearls
- Shells (abalone, specific tropical types)
- Ivory
- Exotic woods and seeds
- Feathers
- Tortoiseshell
- Insects
If you have any samples of the above materials - please bring them in to show the group.
Also at this meeting:
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Sign ups
- Fall Bead Fair Classes
- Fall Bead Fair Volunteers
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Upcoming Events
| Wed Oct 03 @11:00AM TMC Volunteer Association Sale |
| Wed Oct 10 @ 7:00AM TBS Meeting - Bennett McCardle: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Endangered Materials in Bead Jewellery Making |
| Wed Oct 10 @ 6:00PM until May 26, 2019 BEADS, THEY'RE SEWN SO TIGHT |
| Sat Oct 27 @10:00AM Fall Bead and Jewellery Fair |
| Fri Nov 02 @11:00AM Textile Treasures Sale |
