Meet The Maker
Shirley Jones Moore - I craft, I design, I love, I laugh.
Tell us about yourself and how you
became interested in creating with
seed beads?
A friend saw a pair of little girl’s socks in
a boutique with beaded fringe on them.
She taught me to make them, and then I
saw a bead store while on vacation, and
took a class. They have captured my heart with their endless possibilities!
You must have the patience of a saint working
so intricately with all those
tiny beads! What do you
regard as the most rewarding/frustrating/ aspect of
your work?
textures or styles that I don’t normally
work with really fuels my imagination. I
was looking over some pics recently of my
work, and realized that most of my pieces
have curves somewhere in them. I love
nature for inspiration, and take great comfort in seeing how beautiful something is
in it’s imperfections.
Do you have
any special
projects you’ve
been working
on lately?
Yes. I’m thrilled
to say that I
was invited to
be a part of the
Beadwork Magazine Challenge. It will be
in the Dec 14/Jan 15 issue.
Frustrating is definitely when your thread I’ve also recently started teaching classes
knots up! Most rewarding is when you see at my local bead store. I’ve taught craft
a pattern marked as ‘Advanced’ and you
classes for years to kids, so you would
realize that you have the skills to accomthink it would be an easy transition. But it
plish it!
was rather nerve racking, and I definitely
need to apologize to a couple of students
for ‘hovering’. It is always rewarding to see
What inspires your designs?
when someone ‘get’ the flow of the stitch,
and I’m grateful for this opportunity.
I’m a huge fan of bead challenges, so
receiving a packet of beads in colors or
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