2017 Bead Challenge

Our 2017 Challenge pack contained an inspiring, bronzed assortment of Czech shaped beads, semi-precious hematite beads and a vintage style metal key.

A personal choice of complementary beads or findings could be added to the basic set for an inspired piece.

See our 2017 Winning Entries below!

Artist: Catriona Starpins

1st Place – Judged Vote

2nd Place – Public Vote

Artist: Sandee Harris

1st Place – Public Vote

Artist: Paula Knights

2nd Place – Judged Vote

3rd Place – Public Vote

Artist: Paula Gething

3rd Place – Judged Vote

BSV Library

The Bead Society has a large Library of book, magazines, and other miscellaneous items such as booklets and DVDs.

These can be borrowed in person from the Carnegie meeting.

Below is a listing of all the items we have in the library. We are working to clean up the list and make it easier to use.

Click on the link and it will open a PDF document listing all the items. It may open in your browser, download it or even open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The latter is the best to use, so that you can use the search function. eg, search 'Sabine' to look for books by Sabine Lippert.

The list will be updated every few months, so do check back for the current version.

We welcome feedback on this listing. Please email us.