Tom Boylan Bead, Relatively Late Initial Experiment with Blossom Style, 32x25mm
Tom Boylan Bead, Relatively Late Initial Experiment with Blossom Style, 32x25mm
Tom Boylan Bead, Relatively Late Initial Experiment with Blossom Style, 32x25mm

Tom Boylan Bead, Relatively Late Initial Experiment with Blossom Style, 32x25mm

SKU: GLC-246
Sale price $80.00

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  • Medium large, relatively late Tom Boylan bead, this is an early experiment with a style he would later into the "blossom" style. In the early days I had a hard time telling which end of these beads was supposed to be up. Here I've shot it both ways so you can decide for yourself. Many shades of red 32x25mm
  • 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