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About me and my beads
june 2007
| Hi, I'm Amy.
I'm a compulsive artist in many mediums, but I am currently known for my
polymer clay art. Though I attended art school, I use my environment
and the endless patterns and color combinations as my teacher.
I've been making polymer clay beads for over 12 years and manage to still be
passionate about the medium. It's a constant evolution that challenges
and inspires me to just play. I teach beadmaking classes both at my
place of work and at home, one-on-one. STACKER beads (the beads you see at the top of the page). It was 1999 and I was teaching my pals Kyle and Nicole, who were 7 and 9 at the time, how to make beads. It was sort of an all-day babysitting/beadmaking party. We spent a good 5-6 hours nonstop, cranking out beads, feeling so creative, giving each other ideas. Kyle approached me with a bead shape that is a predecessor of the Stacker beads you see today. I can only give Kyle, God and my hands the credit for the accidental discovery of the Stacker bead. I call them Stacker beads because they stack like coins. Some people think they look and/or feel like fabric or woven threads. They're not! The only tools I use to make them are my hands and a knife. In late June 2006, a tv crew
came to my apartment and filmed me in my environment, making crafts for
"That's Clever!" on HGTV. The show aired May 11, 2007, much
to everyone's amusement. |
