| Original Message: a little clarification... Recursos, aggrey |
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HI Carole, There are no doubt more bcn members who went to the Bead Expo shows and symposiums - some of those folks could tell us when they all started. They were put on by Recursos de Santa Fe and Peter Francis, Jr. http://www.recursos.org/ Shortly after Peter's death the shows ended anyway because of the years-long remodel of the complex the event was held at in Santa Fe. Meanwhile, Recursos sold the show to Interweave (owned by Aspire Media) who for a few years aggressively bought everything bead related possible, sort of going for the "Starbucks of Beads" goal - and basically tossed the idea of real symposiums in favor of more classes using commercial materials being sold by most of the vendors. Kinda like any other big bead show. Consequently, these shows are attracting many new hobbyists, but fewer collectors of historic or ethnic beads or world-class artist beads. I had longed to go to these events, first hearing about them from our favorite African traders, who liked them second best only to Tucson for trade bead sales as well as over-all event quality. Here's the aggrey beads article from thebeadsite. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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