Juried Shows, Exhibits, and Publications » Showcase 500: Beaded Jewelry (2012 Best Book of the Year)

Opening this gorgeous hunk of a book is like walking into a high-end jewelry gallery. There are 500 full-color photographs of beaded jewelry—necklaces, rings, bracelets, pins and earrings—created by 275 artists with beads, wire, filament, and fiber. Some of the artists are well-known to beaders, like Carol Wilcox Wells and Diane Fitzgerald, and some not-so-well-known, with their work published for the first time. This makes for a heady blend of inspiration, ideas, and expression... (Publisher's Weekly, 2012) Two necklaces were selected for this beautiful publication.