New Terra Artifacts

updated 9/23/09

Some of My Favorite Bead Links

I try to keep up with these - if you find one broken, please let me know at ntaglass@newterra.com . And if you'd like to be added to my links list, just drop me an email at that same address. It's all just me, folks, so I definitely DO get behind sometimes!

Handmade Beads & Artist Galleries

• DragonBeads for the fun beads of Cheryl Keggan - especially the always popular dragonette beads.

• JAM Designs - for the spectacular colors and stringing talents of Jane Metcalf from Hawaii

Two great sites with goodies from the talented mind and hands of Cyndi Lavin• Mazel Tov! Jewelry Treasures Unique pieces made with their own lampworked beads, semi-precious stones, and vintage materials.and • Wildest Dreams Designs -Handmade beaded jewelry that gets you noticed

• Paula Radke - handmade dichroic beads and other handmade beads - wonderful stuff !

Smartass Glass - the wild and wacky lampwork of Sharon Peters - in her own words "Specializing in the bright and wacky since birth"

Stretchies by Judith -Look here for Functional Jewelry - necklaces that don't need clasps, easy earrings, bracelets easy on the hands, rings that stretch to go over swollen finger and arthritic joints. Its all lovely,and handmade too. The piece shown uses one of my pendants, but she has lots of other choices.

•Terry Ow-Wing Designs, - for things in glass beyond the bead.

• Tobi Jewelry - Lovely pieces from the studio of Tobi Mattes

• WCP Fine Crafts - - the distinctive style of Worth Cooley-Prost

Beadwork & Commercial Bead and Jewelry Sites

• Out on a Whim-a full line of beads and beading supplies. Japanese seed beads, Austrian Crystal, Czech Glass, Castings & Charms, Findings, Needles, Thread & Misc. Supplies, just to name a few.
•Margie Deeb- for patterns, thoughts and bots - Everything you need for beadwork- and beyond !
•Suzanne Cooper - has a really fun site with lots of beadwork galleries , patterns, chat and other fun stuff for the late night browser.

Jewelry Directory A site with lots and lots of links for all sorts of jewelry, finished as well as beads and findings. Well laid out as long as you guess at the right category for the links you want, there are so many sites availble through here that it can take a while to browse, so go when you have time.

Jewelry DirectoryA Jewelry business directory that provides links to jewelry, diamonds, gold, gemstones, silver, pearls, engagement rings, wedding rings, platinum, sterling silver, and more.

Beadmaking & Hot Glass Work Tools and Hot Help

• Arrow Springs- Flameworking Home Page for Lampworked Beads, Marbles, Buttons and Sculpture-Tools and Supplies, including fusing kilns and annealing kilns for lampwork.
• Links at Arrow Springs A really GOOD links page
• WarmGlass - an absolutely wonderful site for tips and tricks in fusing and slumping glass!
• Wale Apparatus Co., Inc. - great site for glass equipment of all kinds from scientific glass blowing to lathes.
• Paragon Kilns - Good kilns, nice people - I started out with one of these kilns and they're great!
• L&L Kilns - Mostly ceramic kilns, they have a few great glass ones including the one I use on a daily basis and couldn't live without! Great tech support, too.
• Skutt Kilns - Classic kilns, I don't have one but know several people who do!

Other sites of interest

• Webb Weaving & Designs- the lovely weavings of Jane Webb - hand spun, hand woven, often with hand painted silk linings and sometimes with buttons from ntaglass, too!