- Of Beads and Squids -

I have been spending some time on Squidoo lately (check out my lens about beading and online marketing).
Now, did that sentence make any sense to you? No? Well, Squidoo (www.squidoo.com) is a site that lets people quickly develop their own webpages/blogs/online galleries which are called "lenses". You could start a lens about your hobby, your favorite author, your online store ... there seems to be almost no limit. Of course, there are the usual blatant multi-level marketing schemes, but overall this concept is interesting, and it's free!

Cyberbeader
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Chariot Earrings

Fascinating find in Bulgaria:

A 2200-year-old treasure trove of gold jewellery has been unearthed from a Thracian burial mound on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

Daniela Agre said her team found dozens of tiny jewellery pieces in the tomb of a woman, most likely a Thracian priestess, near the resort of Sinemorets, about 500km southeast of the capital.

The discovery included two earrings crafted like miniature chariots, and parts of gold necklaces, one decorated with a sculpture of a bull's head.

Herald-Sun, September 6, 2006

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Cloisonné Beads

I have always liked them. Recently, I got interested in learning more about the technique and found the following resources:

• An article about the history of cloisonné beads by Sandra Paluzzi
• The Art of Decorative Enameling
• The Wikipedia entry of cloisonné
• The Earliest Cloisonne Enamels from Cyprus by Dr. Panicos Michaelides - fascinating article on cloisonné artifacts from Cyprus that are over 3,000 years old.
• Cloisonee Primer
  

Until later!

Cyberbeader

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