Tom Boylan Borosilicate Bead, Red with Hint of Sunrise & Black, 30x14mm
SKU: GLC-368
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$49.00
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Description
- Small Tom Boylan Bead, 30x14mm
- Red with hints of sunrise colors and black
- It's rare to find small Tom Boylan beads, these came from the collection of a San Francisco designer.
- Free spirit Tom generally resisted special orders or any mandated specifications for his beads, but the size of this designer's order must have been too tempting.
- 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 our Beadazzled stores.
- 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.
- Only one available