Gallery & Shop


Click on an images to see large sized pictures. Also note that Arts Afire in Alexandria, VA and Kahn-Fagan Distributors on the west coast are also carrying a selection of beads and finished products.

Items for Sale


Animal Wine Stoppers $110
Also available in other animals!
Bubble Bottle Stoppers With Integrated Wine Corks $60

Bubble Bottle Openers (reinforced with copper tubing) $ 36

Bead Pens $93
Beads w/o Pen $85

Cowgirl Bead Pen $93
Cowgirl Beads w/o Pen $85


Giraffe Ballerina Bead Pen $93
Giraffe Beads w/o Pen $85

Tiger Belly Dancer Bead Pen $93
Tiger Beads w/o Pen $85

Bead Pens $93
Beads w/o Pen $85

White Tiger Belly Dancer Bead Pen $93
Beads w/o Pen $85

King of the Jungle Bead Pen $93
Beads w/o Pen $85

Queen of the Jungle Bead Pen $93
Beads w/o Pen $85
Lampwork Hippo, Elephant, or Rhino Bride $95
Lampwork Hippo, Elephant or Rhino Groom $85
Can make custom colors and even custom bridal dresses for an additional $5. Figures can be place on bead pens (add'l $8) or on glass pedestals for cake toppers (no charge).


Bullet Necklace $110
(yes, those are bullet shells!)

Bullet Bracelet $120
Bullet Necklace $110

Snowflake Necklace $190


Tropical Disk Necklace $170
Earrings $32
Tigerfly Necklace-All

Necklace $200
Tigerfly Necklace, zoom



Another Version of the Tigerfly Necklace $200

Luna Moth Necklace with Woven Silver Antennae $220


Hollow Lion Vessel Necklace $250

 


Rhino Necklace $200


Curls & Twists Bracelet - Silver Wire & Lampwork Beads
$90



Curls & Twists Bracelet - Copper Wire, Bone & Turquoise Beads
$65

Gallery:

Animalistic Jazz Band juried in as a finalist in Bead and Button's 2006 Bead Dreams Competition and is published in the October 2006 issue of Bead and Button.

Jazz Band
Closeup of Piano Player
My white tiger bead was accepted in the Trajectories Bead Exhibit! She's in AZ enjoying the warm weather....


Pirate hippo letter opener with parrot on shoulder and patch on eye - letter opener


The Jungle's Royal Couple (60mm tall)

The king and queen of the jungle tied for 2nd place in the 2006 Lapidary Journal's Bead Arts Award and is pictured in the October 2006 issue of Lapidary Journal.
These are blown vessels (Yes, really blown from a blob off the end of a hollow stainless steel pipe! I'm so excited about actually doing this!!!!)
Blown Tiger Face Vessel (from top of wire to bottom, 48mm)
Blown Gentle Giraffe Vessel (from end of nose to top of wire, 56mm)
Blown Rhino Face Vessel (from bottom to top of wire, 55mm)
Tiny Tigress Belly Dancers (40mm tall)
Tiny Hippo Couple
The diva is 39mm, the GQ gent is 42mm

Elephant Ballerina (40mm tall)
Giraffe Flamenco Dancer (50mm tall)
Super Porker, when pigs DO fly! (36mm tall)
Super Porker (tail view)

 

This was my entry in the ISGB's 2005 Gathering Bead Pen Contest sponsored by BeadPen Group LLC. I'm excited to say that this piece won 1st place!

Virginia and I met at Bead & Button, 2006. She had created this beautiful beadwork to go with one my tiger head beads.

Some older pieces:
   






ZigZag Bracelet