Czech Glass Beads

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. June 30, 2016

    ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN GLASS, MEDIEVAL GLASS, AND RENAISSANCE GLASS

    Almost every year Nir and I travel to the Czech Republic to visit the factories that produce our beads and buttons. In one of our trips we visited the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec Nad…
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  4. August 02, 2013

    Bead

    Bead (noun) a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. So innocent.…
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  5. August 01, 2013

    Where do all the beads go?

    By Amal Jacobson Handling beads with the rest of the beadaholics day in, day out, the question often bubbles into my mind. There’s a solidity to them, after…
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  6. November 02, 2012

    Storm Stories from the Bead Salesman

    An anecdote on how Amal, our West Coast Salesman, survived and out-ran Sandy Selling beads on the road is always an…
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