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THE BEAD RENAISSANCE - 2006 & 2007
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[2006]
Petrified logs decorate the Bead Renaissance parking lot. |
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MOZET Studios
P.O. Box 2391
Eugene, OR 97402
541-736-3891 / maz_glass@yahoo.com |
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[2006]
Josh and his mom (Tye) man their booth at this years B.R. show.
Josh and his two brothers, Eli and Tie, produce various types of Borosilicate
Marbles and other lampwork objects of art.
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[2006]
Large Borosilicate
Marbles displaying a 3-D vortex like view.
Prices range from $60 - $100+ retail. Spend $500+ and you can get a "Keystone" (50% off) price. |
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[2005]
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| 2005 BEAD RENAISSANCE Show |
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[2005]
[2005] Pima Air & Space Museum
Hanger show. . .
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[2005]
[2005] Great venue for a bead show.
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This show has been
greatly improved since it moved from the Shrine location. A much
better selection of dealer/artists than in the past. This one is
definitely due a look, plus you get to view some old planes up close for
free! [2005] |
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[2005]
Beads from famous
bead artists?
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[2005]
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| 2002-2004 BEAD RENAISSANCE Show |
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[2003]
THE BEAD RENAISSANCE at the Sabbar
Shrine
[This show moved to the Pima
Air & Space Museum in 2005]
[2003]About 40 bead
dealers here. About the same as last year with no really great bargains..
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[2004]
There were two ballrooms at the Shrine filled
with various kinds of bead dealers.
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[2004]
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BEADS,
GEMS, AND JEWELRY EXPO.
at the
Doubletree Reid Park
[ 2004
only ]
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[2004]
About a dozen bead oriented dealers at this
venue. Only lasted one year (2004)!
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Best Bead Show
Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center
[ STILL THE BEST BEAD SHOW IN TUCSON (2007)
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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!
[2007]
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. 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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[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.
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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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The Whole Bead Show
at the Windmill Inn
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[2004]
This show takes a little bit of a drive to get
to but you will find it worth the trip. About 60+ dealers located
in one ballroom plus two hallways mostly full of dealers in guest rooms
on both the first and second floors. A big crowd of buyers present!
About a half dozen or more original bead artist
in the main ballroom and the remainder of the vendors were bead resellers.
Kind of pricey. Several vendors advertised "antique beads" for sale
but you need to know your glass in order to spot the reproductions.
[2007]
The bead show promoters have decided to open this show to the
public for a $5.00 fee. Wholesale buyers still get in free and
are given a "WH" sticker to stick on your clothing indicating that you
are a "Wholesale" buyer.
Parking
and traffic congestion around this venue remains a big problem.
This show contains mostly bead resellers with very few bead
artist. There were a lot of 50% off sales in the hotel rooms but
these were generally not a good deal. A lot of the resellers were
selling glass beads that you could get cheaper at a G&LW tent show.
The best deal was the many months of free Lapidary Journals of
various kinds that you could pick up at a table in the lobby.
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[2005]
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[2005]
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[2004]
Bead prices were somewhat higher here...but
you had a good selection to choose from.
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A.B.C. Direct Bead Show
[West]
formerly A Beaucoup Conge' show
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[2004]
This one was a little hard to find as it was located behind a small
bead store. There were several excellent bead artist here and one
Idaho ROCK dealer with a very good selection of slabs.
In 2005, the
rock dealer did not come back and there were only a couple of original
bead artist of note. You could skip this one. . .
2006 - Only four dealers at this show where there were a dozen in the past. This bead show looks like a gonner!! |
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[2004]
This vendor was
back at this show in 2005.
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[2005]
MOZET Studios, POB 2391, Eugene, OR 97402 541-736-3891
Glass artist
from Eugene, OR.
Notice the large
glass marbles to the left of the lady with the purse.
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[2005]
Large Borosilicate
Marbles displaying a 3-D vortex like view.
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[2005]
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[2004]
View inside the bead shop. This place looks like a good place
to shop for findings and beads after the shows were over with. |
