Bead Chat Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 98

Num I took a beginner hothead tor until I met someone that was experience if I used the bet The beads that appealed to business that was “BingaBea after that my beads seemed t more. I had been taking som describe a sacred attraction, ing a sense of the transcende Then Numinosity My first success with selling aged me to make jewelry and once I could master making matching pairs I never lo bead work. Through the encouragement of a local gallery I began to use better find and my business really began to build. In the last several years there have been a few factors that made my work evolve int early so that I could enjoy a snow-birding life with my new husband and we split ou in Alaska and Arizona. I have two complete lampworking studios so as a result I c The rise in silver prices, the change in economy and living in the funky artistic comm mining town Bisbee, AZ conspired to help me switch out some of my materials and rustic look that many associate with the name NuminosityBeads It doesn’t hurt that we are located less than two hours from the Tucson Gem and M every year! I stock up on beads to sell in my numinosity supply shop that I think m lampwork and enamels.