Tom Boylan Bead, Early Bead from 1990s, Luscious Colors & Textured Surface 26x18mm
SKU: JSD-312
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Description
- Early Tom Boylan bead from the 1990s where he's experimenting with waves of luscious colors of burgundy, amber and smoky lavender. This bead also has an intentionally textured surface around the center. 26x18mm
- 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.
- Only one available from the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator.