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I have been working with beads for an extraordinary number of years! I started by selling loose Indian beads, supplied by the kilo, wrapped and despatched from a bedroom. This wasn't very fulfilling so I learnt to make jewellery from the beads. I now design and make jewellery with a complex range of beads - either selfmade, commissioned or sourced from interesting suppliers worldwide. My jewellery is sold in shops and galleries throughout Britain. I also take part in exhibitions and show my work at a selection of craft fairs and music festivals. I have written eight books of bead jewellery projects. The most recent are The Encyclopedia of Beading Techniques, co-authored with Stephanie Burnham, and The Encyclopedia of Wire Jewellery Techniques. I teach bead making and bead jewellery making in arts centres around England. Another related interest is the Arkell bead collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford which I spoke about at the Istanbul International Bead & Beadwork Conference in November 2007.