czech glass beads

  1. March 24, 2021

    BOLD NEW CROWN BEADS

    BOLD NEW CROWN BEADS By Nir Kronenberg The story of the Crown Bead began over 3 years ago in the place where many of my bead stories tend to begin: in the office of our glass factory in Jablonec,…
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  2. December 06, 2019

    Golden Etched Bracelets

    Glow Creek is handmade bohemian-gypsy crocheted and knotted jewelry based in Virginia. Laura Epperson created three beautiful bracelets with our newest 8mm etched druks. Her use of cord adds an element of softness to the…
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  3. October 25, 2019

    Bold Designs with Large Melons

    Melons and Bead Soup Jewelry We were attracted to Bead Soup Jewelry designs because of the playfulness in…
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  4. October 01, 2019

    Inspired Designs Using Roller Beads

    By Sarah Aube from Vintage Earth I love…
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  5. September 26, 2019

    Versatility with Faceted Dangle Drops

    Jewelry Designs by Amy Haftkowycz Amy Haftkowycz from Trixies Jewelry box has a talent for jewelry design that is both-of-the-box and trendsetting. Her style combines vintage and modern elements, a perfect recipe…
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  6. April 07, 2017

    Color your world -- birds, beads and colorful possibilities

    One glass bead in the palm of your hand can harvest, hold and celebrate color. It can excite us, relax us or inspire us – sometimes all at the same time.For an artist, the challenge is to take that sweet solo and build it into a sweeping…
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  7. March 10, 2017

    On the road again - Nirvana's Shelley Ashley delights in delivering the exceptional- 

    To call her job “sales” is to seriously undersell what Shelley Ashley does for Nirvana Beads and her customers on her outreach journeys every spring and fall throughout the Southern and Midwestern United States. With Nirvana veteran Daniel…
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  8. March 01, 2017

    Versatile Dahlias are a designers' dream

    Some beads are ever-ready wildflowers – rugged, hardy, and plentiful  — while others are hothouse varieties, exquisite in their beauty but often temperamental and hard to handle. Don’t let the apparent delicacy and…
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  9. January 23, 2017

    Fearless Sherry Serafini finds magic in Czech glass beads

    This is the first in Nirvana's occasional series sharing the inspiration and ideas of breakthrough designers. If you’d like us to consider your favorite designer – or you!  — send us an…
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  10. January 16, 2017

    Arrival of a ton of beads means a deluge of detail

    About every 2 months another metric ton (or so) of Nirvana’s specialty beads arrive from Jablonec in the Czech Republic. Even though owners  Nir Kronenberg and Cynthia Shanti Moralez have the basic process down to a science, the actual
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  11. December 07, 2016

    Sometimes it's just about the bead

    As a bead designer who owns a wholesale bead company with my husband, I am surrounded by beads all day in my office. They stay with me mentally most other places as I work through designs in my head. Under those circumstances,  people…
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  12. November 09, 2016

    What does it take find new possibilities in Old World processes?

    How does Nirvana Beads create new, exclusive and exciting designs in Czech Glass using shapes and techniques that predate our great grandparents? The…
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  13. August 31, 2016

    Mercury Finish Beads

    We are delighted the editors of “Bead and Button” highlighted our new Mercury finish line as one of the best new products of the 2016 Bead and Button Show. We are always…
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  14. July 08, 2016

    Nature and Architecture in Beads

    I found this enchanting passage in San Francisco, California.  I fell in love with how the greens of the plants and the color of the houses created a very interesting hue in the surroundings. These colors inspired me to do something similar…
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  15. August 11, 2014

    Jewelry Designs using Nirvana Beads

    Do you need ideas? Designed by Cecelia
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