2004 Bead Arts Awards Winners - Lapidary Journal & Step by Step Beads

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Christine Marie Noguere's Best of Competition piece

Christine Noguere Christine Marie Noguere
Best of Competition
Aphrodite's Secret, of Japanese cylinder beads, seed beads, freshwater pearls, rubber rings, brass, and ultrasuede, created using peyote stitch, right angle weave, and sewing. 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2". Photo: Phil Pope.

Above all other characteristics, the true fascination of beads lies in their sheer diversity. Given that a bead can be, by definition, anything with a hole through it, the work produced by bead artists in the modern age is breathtaking in the many different beautiful, exotic, unexpected, and downright weird ways that "bead" is interpreted. Beads of stone, beads of glass, of metal, of clay - and of metal clay - beads taken one by one, or strung into a necklace, or woven into a complex tapestry. No matter how different the work, the artists are all working with and creating beads.

The roster of winners for the 2004 Beads Arts Awards, sponsored and organized by Step by Step Beads and its sister publication, Lapidary Journal, puts on display the amazing breadth of possibility encompassed by the single word "bead." From lampworked beads to seed bead weaving, inlaid intarsia beads to intricate metal constructions, we're proud to present the winners of our second annual competition as representing the best of the world of bead artists.

Entrants submitted pieces in seven categories "Clay" Bead (including metal and polymer clays, or other moldable products), Glass Bead, Other/Mixed Media Bead, Bead Bracelet, Bead Necklace, Other Bead Jewelry, and Beaded Object, which included both functional (other than jewelry) and nonfunctional objects. A separate Best of Competition piece was chosen as well. Pieces were judged by an independent panel of judges (see "Our Distinguished Judges," below) on the basis of excellence in design, visual appeal and impact, originality, and execution.

More work by our winning bead artists is featured in the Lapidary Journal Designer Gallery section!

To enter the 2005 Bead Arts Awards, entry forms can be found online, Maybe next September, your design will be gracing our cover!

Bead Arts Awards 2004 Winners

Best of Competition:
Aphrodite's Secret , Christine Marie Noguere
(pictured above)

Gordon Uyehara took both first and second place in the Clay Beads division, with his metal clay beads.

Gordon Uyehara, Honudream
First Place, Clay Beads
Silver Interlude, made of Art Clay silver, both regular clay and syringe type, to produce a fine silver bead. Stencils were used to created the outer flat shapes, and syringe-type Art Clay silver was used over the middle section; the burnout shape was from a carved chopstick. 2-3/8" x 1-1/8" x 1".

Gordon Uyehara's clay beads - alien bead

Gordon Uyehara, Honudream
Second Place, Clay Beads
Alien Bead #2, made of Art Clay silver, both regular clay type and syringe type; cork clay was used as the burnout material. 1-1/2" x 1" x 13/16".

Diane Flynn's First Place Protector bead

Diane Flynn, Flynn Glass
First Place, Glass Beads
The Protector, lampworked and silver fumed bead of effetre glass, silver leaf, and enamels. 1-1/4" x 1" x 1/2".
Photo: David Wharton.

Terri Caspary Schmidt's 2nd place Lotus Pod bead

Terri Caspary Schmidt, Caspary Lampwork
Second Place, Glass Beads
Lotus Pod, lampworked bead of soda lime glass. 1.6 cm x 3 cm
Photo: Margot Geist.

Erica Druin's first place Trilogy bead set

Erica Druin, Druin Enamels
First Place, Other or Mixed Media Bead
Trilogy, of 18K and 24K gold, fine silver, and enamel. Hand-raised beads with 24K gold cloisonné and basse-taille enamel on fine silver and 24K gold with hand-formed 18K gold suspension. 2-7/8" x 3/4".
Photo: Richard Goodbody.

Susan Sanders' 2nd place mixed media bead (enamel)

Erica Druin Susan Sanders
Second Place, Other/ Mixed Media Beads
Intarsia bead of onyx and various jaspers. 1-1/4" x 3/4".

Noguere First Place, Beaded Bracelets

Christine Noguere Christine Marie Noguere
First Place, Bead Bracelet
Aphrodite 3000, cuff bracelet of Japanese cylinder beads, seed beads, freshwater pearls, wooden beads, brass, ultrasuede, rubber ring. Made using peyote stitch, right angle weave, and embellishment. 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 2".
Photo: Phil Pope.

Patricia Wiley's Star Gazer Wrist collage, 2nd place

Patricia Wiley, Pat Wiley Designs
Second Place, Bead Bracelet
Star Gazer Wrist Collage, of vintage lucite, Czech and Japanese beads, vintage coil springs, African trade beads, metals beads, and macrame. 8" x 3" x 1".
Photo: Tim Thayer.

Corinne Floyd's Unidirectional Bead Neckpiece

Corinne Floyd, Corinne Floyd Metalsmith
First Place, Bead Necklace
Unidirectional Neckpiece, of sterling silver and 22K gold bimetal, 18K gold tube beads, and a large black Tahitian pearl. Each trillion-shaped bead and the pendant were shaped using sterling silver and 22K bimetal; the 22K gold is on one side of each of these components, giving the piece a unidirectional look. 17" long, with a 2-1/2" pendant.
Photo: Jeff Scovil.

Patricia Wiley's Flower Fantasy Collar, 2nd place

Patricia Wiley, Pat Wiley Designs
Second Place, Bead Necklace
Flower Fantasy Collar Collage, of 1960s lucite, vintage metal, jade, Greek ceramic, conso thread, African trade beads, Czech and Japanese seed beads, delicas, and macrame. 19" x 2".
Photo: Tim Thayer.

Ann Thomas Misc. Jewelry beaded suite, 1st place

Ann Thomas
First Place, Other Bead Jewelry
Islands of Desire necklace and bracelet set, of dichroic cabochons, vintage glass cabochons, seed beads, Czech glass beads, antique buttons, bugle beads, and triangle beads. Techniques used are bead embroidery, circular peyote stitch, color gradation, and fringe. Bracelet: 6-3/4"; necklace: 16". Photo: Robert Diamante.

Bobbie Winger's metal bead necklaces and earrings

Bobbie Winger
Second Place, Other Bead Jewelry
Geodesic Necklace and Earrings, of sterling silver, chenier, and fireline. Sterling silver chenier cut into equal length "bugle beads" and beaded into icosahedrons. Necklace: 45 cm long, beads: 3.5 cm diameter; earrings: 6.5 cm long; beads: 2.5 cm diameter.

Alexandra Zonis' bead-woven tapestry took first place in the beaded object category.

Alexandra Zonis
First Place, Beaded Object
Pastoral, made using delica beads in a loom
weaving tapestry technique. 36" x 18".

Julienne Hadfield's life-sized beaded horse won 2nd place in the beaded objects category.

Julienne Hadfield
Second Place, Beaded Object
Caballo de las Cruces, a life-size horse sculpture covered with glass seed beads, individually placed. Approximately 2 million beads were applied using polyurethane for adhesive. 5' x 6' x 2-1/2'. The Caballo took two years to complete.


ROBERT K. LIU Trained as an ethnologist/icthyologist, Robert K. Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he worked on experimental gerontology and immunology in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine. In 1975 Liu left biomedical research after founding The Bead Journal, which changed its title in 1978 to Ornament, a journal of personal adornment. Self-trained as a jeweler and photographer, Liu has written extensively on ancient, ethnic, and contemporary jewelry and personal adornment, as well as in his scientific fields.
KIM Z FRANKLIN Kim Z Franklin was a graphics illustrator for 16 years prior to becoming a full-time beadwork artist and instructor. In the past 11 years her multimedia sculptures, which are a combination of beadwork (off-loom techniques), ceramic, and metalwork, have earned her many awards and honors, which most recently include being published in The Best of Contemporary Beadwork 2002, Lark Books' newest beadwork publication 500 Beaded Objects, and acceptance into Bead International 2004, where she won the title of "Most Innovative." Her teaching credentials include authoring articles for Step by Step Beads and Lapidary Journal magazines, and instructing at Bead Fest and other symposiums. She also provides private lessons in her studio located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She can be contacted at (610) 431-4372 or by e-mail at zwell@comcast.net.
JIM KERVIN Jim Kervin has been making glass beads since 1992 but he is mainly known for his authoritative text on glass beadmaking, More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Glass Beadmaking. For all of his work to promote the art of glass beadmaking, he was chosen in 2002 as the first inductee into the International Society of Glass Beadmakers' "Hall of Flame." He has also recently written a series of booklets on select beadmakers and how they work their wonders. Artists included in the series are: Sharon Peters, Leah Fairbanks, Jim Smircich, Kate Fowle Meleney, Heather Trimlett, Pati Walton, and Bruce St John Maher. For more information about his books, contact GlassWear Studios at glasswearstudios@comcast.net.

More work by our winning designers is featured in the Lapidary Journal Designer Gallery section!

For information on entering your jewelry in the next competition, click here!

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