Tom Boylan Bead, Very Early Bead Looking Like an Agate, 39x20mm
SKU: JSD-308
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- Rare and unusual very early Tom Boylan bead that looks very much like a beautiful burgundy and lavender banded agate. 39x20mm in translucent glass
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator.
- We bought this bead together in 1993 at the first Glass Beadmakers' Conference in Prescott, Arizona
- 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