Welcome Diane!
I am a fan of your beadwork, designs and books!
Congrats on the "Excellence in Bead Artistry Award " you received at the B and B show, well done!
zebra
diane.fitzgerald
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- 2008/06/11
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- United States of America
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Beads changed my life in 1989 when I took a class with Helen Banes learning to make needlewoven necklaces. Within a short time, though, I had moved into seed beads. I learned Native American techniques from Horace Goodhue so that I could apply them to contemporary beadwork; then later from and Virginia Blakelock; and from there went into writing, teaching and bead collecting. My bead collection includes American art glass beads and 20th century European glass beads.
- Hobbies and Interests
Hobbies? What else but beads! My sister tells me I can't go more than five minutes without changing the conversation back to beads. I love their history, economics, manufacture, and when I travel, it is only to countries with a strong bead history, i.e., where I can buy good beads.
I spend about 5-6 hours a day beading...usually 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening and in between I'm writing about beads, assembling kits, etc. Luckily beads aren't edible or I'd be a blimp!
diane.fitzgerald's Designs
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Lecture: Fads and Trends in Beadwork
START: SAT, MARCH 05 AT 06:02 (GMT+1) END: SAT, MARCH 05 AT 06:02 (GMT+1)Fads, trends and styles of beadwork wax and wane over the ages. This lecture will discuss the styl...
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Moorish Tile Beaded Beads
START: THU, JANUARY 01 AT 01:00 (GMT+1) END: THU, JANUARY 01 AT 01:00 (GMT+1)Cornerless cube, hollow beaded beads are created with Miyuki Delica beads and peyote stitch. Intri...
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Graceful ginkgo leaves are created using Miyuki Delica beads and brick stitch. Color blending is a...
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WOW are we honored!
Welcome,
I agree with Zebra, we are indeed honored to have you a part of our group. I have recently been experimenting with free-form right angle weave because of the "Master Class" article in Beadwork about you. Your work has inspired me to push my boundaries.
I hope to meet you one day, and take part in one of your classes. Until then, I hope you will show us some of your designs, comment on ours and drop by and say "hello" in our forums.
Sparkles and 
Diane (very easy name to remember)
Hello Diane
I don't know whether you remember me when I used to write to you from Malta. Of course you are one of my very first mentors and I am so thrilled to see you here.
I hope that we will see you "live" so to speak on the forum frequently and I certainly cannot wait to see some of your designs in our gallery.
Many best wishes
jacky (menhennet)
ex-Malta now Dubai
