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For countless generations, beadwork has rested on the heart of humankind's most significant cultural displays, occupying an intimate place in religion, ceremony, social status and commerce.

Today's bead artists draw from ancient techniques, as well as new technologies, to create awe-inspiring objects whose impact magnifies as each bead is chosen, one at a time, to dance in light and shadow.

There is no other craft like beadwork -- "to bede" once meant "to pray".

Enjoy the bead art contained herein.

--Mary

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