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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…