LITTLE ROCK — Tom and Sage Holland are passionate not only about bead making but the history that comes with it. "In a time of such fast change I see beads as an important stabilizing connection to ...

Removing glass beads from rods after kiln annealing can be simple with the right technique. This step helps protect your work ...

Slow heat is key to creating flawless handmade glass beads Discover how careful temperature control improves durability shape ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bear Canyon School of Art and Craft is hosting a beginning flameworked glass bead making workshop ...

Dozens of unique, colorful glass beads shimmer in the sun’s rays at Kimberley Adams’ new Flat Rock business, Transformation Glass. A long pink bead with shiny sparkles and a blue design with white ...

Nolly Gelsinger is a local Westminster glass artist who makes jewelry. When she was 9 years old, Gelsinger remembers drawing horses in the white pages of the telephone book because there was never ...

Beads are small, round and perforated objects which are usually strung to form necklaces or bracelets or attached to garments or articles of clothing for decorative effect. Beads are made of a great ...