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Robin's Favorite Websites
Although I'm not an avid web surfer, over the years a good number of websites that might interest you have come to my attention. Most are beady websites, both artists and vendors; a few offer inspiration in other art fields, or are related to art education; while still others are just fun or interesting. I've organized them by the categories listed below; within each category they are alphabetical. Please help me keep this list current. Contact us if you you discover any non-working links. Thanks!
The following link categories are included on this page:
Bead Artists
Other Artists of Note
Vendors for Beads and Beading Supplies
Vendors for Tools, Buttons, Fabrics, Charms, etc.
Art Education
Bead Directories, Societies, Museums, Online Bead News, etc.
About San Juan Island
Bead Artists
| Lisa Binkley | www.lisabinkley.com | Lisa combines bead and thread emboidery like no other artist! Her work is a tremendous inspiration to me and her website is totally gorgeous. |
| Rebecca Brown | www.rbrown.co.nz | Botanical artist and bead artist, Rebecca combines an eye for detail in nature with tremendous beading skills. Don’t miss her bead art gallery. |
| David Chatt | www.davidchatt.com | Lots to see in David’s gallery pages, and fun sense of humor throughout. David is a well known bead weaving instructor. |
| Amy Clarke-Moore | www.amyclarkemoore.com | Bead artist specializing in bead embroidery; lots of great pictures; co-author of “Beaded Embellishment;” editor of “Spin Off” magazine. |
| Margie Deeb | www.margiedeeb.com | Bead artist and colorist, Margie's site is full of color stimulation and ideas. Be sure to take her color survey and read her monthly color muse. |
| Mary Dyer | http://mdyer. www.50megs.com |
Mary makes beaded necklaces, but what I love the most are her beaded buttons. |
| Nancy Eha | www.beadcreative.com | Bead, fiber and quilt artist, author and nationally known instructor. Lots of inspiring photos in her gallery. |
| Valerie Hector | www.valeriehector.com | Bead artist, metalsmith, author and historian, Valerie’s portfolio page includes some awesome designs. |
| Joanne Laessig | www.alfar.com/~joanne | Don’t miss Joanne’s gallery page; her bead embroidery and creative designs are awesome! |
| Liz Manfredini | www.manfredinidesign.com | Amazing beaded jewelry, vessels and sculptures, plus beautiful photos to show off her beadwork. |
| NanC Meinhardt | www.nancmeinhardt.com | Here’s a very impressive gallery of work by an innovator in the world of beads. NanC is also a very well known instructor. |
| Megan Noel | www.rdwarf. com/~mnoel/ |
At home with beads, glass, and design, Megan’s beadwork is truly inspirational, both technically and spiritually. |
| Sharon Bateman | www.sharonbateman.com | Bead embroidery and bead weaving, Sharon does it all. She's an innovator and prolific bead artist. |
| Larry Scott | http://larryscott.net | Glass beadmaker, Larry Scott, is right up there at the top as you can see by his gallery. |
| Corina Tettinger | www.corinabeads.com | Corina makes fabulous lampwork beads, and has a lively interactive website. |
| Jo Wood | www.jowoodbeads.com | A fine art bead and fiber artist, Jo takes her inspiration from nature, beading detailed landscapes that are almost like paintings. |
Other Artists of Note
| Allison Aller | alliesinstitches.blogspot.com | Allison is a crazy quilt artist, who does fabulous bead embellishment. Her blog is full of wonderful tips! |
| Thom Atkins | www.thomatkins.com | Thom is my brother, a bronze sculptor, and also a very accomplished bead artist. He's just updated his website to include some of his quilts (with beadwork)! |
| Anne Bagby | www.annebagby.com | Painter, printmaker, designer. Anne taught me all about painting decorative papers! |
| Robert Demar | www.robertdemar.com | Besides being my wonderful friend, Robert’s passion for photography is clearly evident. See 60 of his best on this website. |
| Barbara Kobe | www.barbkobe.com | Barb is a very creative doll artist. I especially love to see and read the stories about her healing dolls. |
| Teesha Moore | www.teeshamoore.com | Very creative journal, book, fabric artist; it’s worth waiting for the images to load to see her gallery pages. |
| Julie Paschkis | www.juliepaschkis.com | I adore Julie’s paintings, book illustrations, and fabric designs, which are full of color and whimsy. Her site is magical! |
| Lynne Perrella | www.lkperrella.com | Insightful journal artist, painter, writer, and teacher; Lynne’s art and thoughts always offer me inspiration and get my creative juices going. |
| Susan Sorell | www.creativechick.com | Susan calls herself a fiber artist, but with the number of beads she uses on her wonderful, whimsical wall art, I'd have to say she's a bead artist as well. |
| Bonnie Tarses | www.bonnietarses.com | Bonnie is a weaver with an inspirational use of color; she makes beautiful pins embellished with beads, as well as scarves and other woven garments. |
Vendors for Beads and Beading Supplies
| Beadcats | www.beadcats.com | They get my vote for best and most variety of Czech pressed glass accent beads, especially flowers and leaves. |
| Beadin’ Path | www.beadinpath.com | Fun site full of interesting pages to explore; vintage to contemporary beads, and everything between. |
| Beyond Beadery | www.beyondbeadery.com | Only vendor I know of that offers strands of Swarovski crystals in mixed colors; good prices too! |
| Caravan Beads | www.CaravanBeads.net | Fabulous selection; I always buy from Caravan Beads when I go to shows or conventions. Great selection of seed beads and good prices. |
| Empyrean Beads | www.empyreanbeads.com | Fabulous selection; I especially love their vintage beads and selection of tiny (micro) beads, pearls and gem stones. |
| Fusion Beads | www.FusionBeads.com | Fabulous selection, including seed and accent beads, stringing materials, crystals, findings, books, and much more. Easy to navigate website. |
| Monster Slayer | www.monsterslayer.com | General bead and metalsmithing source with easy-to-follow online catalog. |
| Natural Touch Beads | www.naturaltouchbeads.com | Direct importer and sales of resin beads; fun beads, great colors, good selection of shapes. |
| Ornamental Resources | www.ornabead.com | Long-time standard in the biz; huge inventory, great vintage selection including sequins. |
| Out on a Whim | www.whimbeads.com | My most favorite place for buying seed beads. Great selection, good prices, totally nice folks! Five stars plus! |
| Rio Grande | www.riogrande.com | Go to their contact page and call them to order a catalog. It’s monstrous and free. They offer a good selection of findings, wire, stone beads, etc. |
| Soft Flex Company | www.softflextm.com | They make and sell flexible wire for stringing. |
| Storm Cloud Trading | www.beadstorm.com | Not a lot on the website, but the store in St. Paul, MN is fabulous. Lots of size 15 seed beads and all the colors of the smallest crystals. |
| Wild Things | www.wildthingsbeads.com | Great selection of Czech pressed glass and lampwork beads. They design original beads and have them made in the Cz Republic! |
Vendors for Tools, Buttons, Fabrics, Charms, etc.
| Anjoorian Silks | www.anjooriansilks.com | All kinds of silk fabrics; amazing selection. |
| C & B Weiser | www.cbweiser.com | New and old buttons from around the world, and button collecting supplies. |
| Cheap Trims | www.cheaptrims.com | Ribbons, lace, beaded fringe, cords, appliqués; over 3,000 cool embellishments. |
| Contenti Jewelry Making Supplies | http://contenti.com | Jewelers tools (including bow-faced chasing hammers), metal working supplies, and beading supplies (including PMC); easy to navigate and order from this website. |
| Fancifuls, Inc. | www.fancifulsinc.com | Thousands of brass charms, ornaments and embellishments; other jewelry components. |
| Hollander’s | www.hollanders.com | Decorative papers, book making supplies, leathers, origami papers, collage kits, calligraphy, etc. |
Art Education
| Art & Soul | www.artandsoulretreat.com | Like Artfest, this is a annual retreat for art related workshops, including paper, beading and fiber arts. |
| Ed2go | www.edu2go.com | On-line classes in many fascinating subjects including web design (where I learned how to create this website), graphics, etc. |
| Pratt Fine Art Center | www.pratt.org | Located in Seattle; specializing in metalworking and glass studio classes/workshops, including bead making. |
| Quilts, Inc. | www.quilts.com | Sponsors well-known national quilt festivals in Chicago (spring) and Houston (fall), and international quilt festival held in Europe every other year. I teach beading at these awesome events! |
| Sievers School of Fiber Arts | www.sieversschool.com | Offers year-round workshops in fiber arts, including some beading. Located in Wisconsin. |
Bead Directories, Societies, Museums, Online Bead News, etc.
| Find-Beads, The Beads Directory | www.find-beads.com | Great international source for links to everything beady... artists, retailers, wholesalers, auctions, organizations!!! |
| About Beadwork | http://beadwork.about.com | Online beady newsletter with free patterns, resources, book reviews, etc. |
| Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters | www.apnq.org | Large organization of quilters with a great website full of beautiful pictures. Click thumbnails for bigger pictures and details! |
| Bead Links | www.thebeadsite.com | A site that is full of links to bead societies, bead guilds, classes and workshops. |
| Bead Society of Greater Washington | www.bsgw.org | Former hosts of the Bead Museum of DC, a collection now housed at the Peabody Museum. Large, active membership base, internationally recognized speakers. |
| Corning Glass Museum | www.cmog.org | Extensive site with it’s own search tool; studio classes. |
| Great Lakes Beadworkers Guild | www.greatlakesbeadworkers guild.org |
Very active bead group; national teachers at their workshops, major bazaar, online gallery of member’s work. |
| International Society of Glass Beadmakers | www.isgb.org | If you’re interested in contemporary glass beads, take some time to see what this site has to offer, including links to 150+ glass bead makers. |
| Interweave Press | www.interweave.com | Publisher of Beadwork Magazine and many books about beading; sponsor juried beadwork competitions, shows and events. |
| National Polymer Clay Guild | www.npcg.org | A great place to start if you’re interested in polymer clay, including a long list of links to pc artists. |
| New York Bead Society | http://nybead.org | Great links page, gallery of member’s work, lots of educational information. |
| Northwest Bead Society | www.nwbeadsociety.org | Very active bead society with an interesting website, including member gallery and a links/resources page; very large annual bazaar. |
| Picard Trade Bead Museum | www.picardbeads.com | Located in Carmel, CA; astonishing collection of African trade beads and art; don’t miss it if you’re in the area. |
| Portland Bead Society | www.beadport.com | Very active bead society with an interesting website, including a gallery and links/resources page; very large annual bazaar. |
| Rocy Mountain Bead Society | http://rockybeads.org | Very active bead society with newsy articles on their website; sponsor a great bazaar. |
| Society of American Silversmiths | www.silversmithing.org | Extensive site; includes long article about working with precious metal clay. |
About San Juan Island
| Friday Harbor Film Festival | www.fhff.org | The 2013 Friday Harbor Film Festival featured 25 award-winning documentaries.The plan is to offer a Film Festival every year in October. What fun! |
| Island Studios | www.islandstudios.com | Fine arts and crafts from the artists of the San Juan Islands. |
| San Juan County Fair | www.sjcfair.org | A real old fashioned county fair; from sheep to shawl; from cake to driftwood; from poetry to photography. Annually in August. |
| San Juan Island Update | www.SanJuanUpdate.net | Comprehensive site with news, directory of businesses and websites, ferry schedules, etc. |
| San Juan Islander | www.sanjuanislander.com | My favorite local online news; good arts & entertainment section. |
| San Juan Journal | www.sanjuanjournal.com | Online version of local hard copy weekly newspaper. |