Best Bead
Show
Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center
[ STILL THE BEST BEAD SHOW IN TUCSON - 2010 ]
***** 5 STAR SHOW
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[2004]
View
of the Veterans Community Center where
the Best Bead Show takes place.
Notice
the weather in the background...snowing
on the mountains!
If
you attempt to visit this show on it's opening day, be
prepared to do some creative parking. I usually wait till after
lunch. This show is unsurpassed for the type and variety of
creative lampwork artist. [2007] I
was impressed with Jared De Long from
Trinidad California. Unfortunately, he does not have an Internet
site so you can view his work.
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[2003]
There
are about a dozen outside vendors at this
show selling both retail and wholesale. A lot of art glass
jewelry
such as paper weights, push-on art glass bracelets and rings, art glass
beads of all kinds, etc. |
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[2005]
Push-on Borosilicate glass
bracelets and rings.
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[2010]
Cheryl
purchasing a Borosilicate glass
bracelet... |
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[2004]
Inside
the main building you can see the handmade beads strung
together on short display rods.
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[2004]
Here
is a whole table full of Dichroic glass pieces.
Prices ranged from around $1.00 to $1.25 per gram for the dichroic
glass
and sometimes a lot higher for the art glass beads. I really
believe
that the most talented bead artist sell at this show! |
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2007
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[2005]
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2007
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[2006]
For
2006 . . .Two new tents.
This
year the promoter of this show has combined his smaller second show
with his big one. The
tent on the right contained dealers of glass supplies and equipmant.
The
tent on the left contained more glass artist as in the main building
and some of the smaller tents.
[2010] Same set-up as in 2006....
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[2010]
BEAU
TSAI - Flamework Glass Artist.
Truly
a master artist in glass!!
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[2010]
 
A couple of Beau Tsai's Creations in Glass! |
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[2006]
Dealers
of glass supplies and equipmant.
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[2006]
All the colors of the rainbow!
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[2006]
Various
types and sizes of gas tourches for lampwork.
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[2006]
More
glass artist in this second big tent.
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