Tom Boylan Bead, One of His Last Combo of Old and New Techniques, 40x25mm
SKU: GLC-318
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- This bead arrived with GLC-317 in the last shipment I got from Tom a few month before he passed away. Interestingly it combines the detailed wavy lines of some of his early beads with the vase shape, "eyes" and dots of later designs. 40x25mm
- Blue green like the ocean waves, bubbly gold/amber and deep red "eyes" and devilishly hard to photograph!
- Self-taught, reclusive, Northern California artist Tom Boylan was one of the earliest American bead-makers. An avid gardener and astrologer, his beads seem infused with both nature and the cosmos. They appeal equally to men and women, and were among the most popular we carried at Beadazzled.
- Tom used borosilcate tubing as the base for his beads, adding dots and stripes. Then temporarily closing off one end, he blew into the tube to achieve the desired size and shape. As a final touch he gave the ends a twist.
- Sadly Tom left this earth in the fall of 2024. I hope he's somehow among the stars that meant so much to him.