Tom Boylan Bead, Smooth Round with Sunrise Colors & Black, 24x19mm
SKU: JSD-316
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$60.00
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Description
- Small Tom Boylan bead, nearly round except for the slight collars, 24x19mm
- Tom preferred to have a larger canvas for his art, plus he could charge more big l beads, so small Tom Boylan beads are quite rare and coveted.
- This one came from the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer, educator and my mother, who along with my father, collected Tom's beads
- 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