I just want to let you know I really admire your energy in your craft and research in beads. Where do you find all this ambition?

Your friend,
Matt

I think I have always been ambitious one way or another. Doing bead research is exhausting and fun and exciting and rewarding at the same time.

I could ofcourse travel to a beach somewhere, but I'd much rather go to some obscure bead factory or meet fellow glass artists on the other side of the world.

The struggle is mostly with balancing time and money between my day job, volunteer work, art, research and travel.

Second that one!

and ask when & where they were acquired, I'd appreciate it! For example I already have phenolic beads on necklaces & bracelets from Sulawesi, Indonesia - and would love to know when this material arrived in that general region.
I appreciate all your bead research and thanks again for letting me tag along to Jablonec!