Bead artists use tiny, insignificant-seeming little pieces of holed glass to create visual music for the eyes, mind, and heart.

The art of creating and utilizing beads is ancient, and ostrich shell beads discovered in Africa can be carbon-dated to 10,000 BC. Beads and work created with them were found near-ubiquitously across the ancient world, often made of locally available materials. This tradition embraces a history of beadwork’s close ties to religious uses, talismans, barter or trade increments and even ritual exchange. Today, many famous modern artists have used beads as a medium to create sculptures, tapestries, and even ornate clothing for musicians and movie-star clients. Dating back from their prominent usage in Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe cultures, a bead can be used on or for nearly anything. 

Seed beads are small, round glass beads that resemble plant seeds and are the most commonly used in beadwork. Seed beads are the perfect metaphor for art; small, crystalline seeds of thought forming something much larger than where and how it began.