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Sunday, April 28, 2024

MAR to Troy and Sharen - beads


More of those favorite stamps - ho-hum on Troy's - Sharen's is OK - 


Second topic from Troy's letter:

Troy said he thought there was a reason that New Orleans has such a *thing* for beads. I didn't find anything other than the meaning behind the green/gold/purple - which didn't stick long enough for me to switch windows and type. Everything else had to do with the dangerous chemicals involved in the bead making as well as in the actual beads. 

My suggestion is to start a new cult of making beads the old fashioned way. Find some mud and then fire them and maybe find some safe glazes - if they even exist. It's pretty hard to find anything without harmful side effects any more.

Or glass beads - or beads in general. Anyone needing a rabbit hole today --Google *earliest beads* -- 150,000 years ago -- or 13,000 years ago -- the info is all over the place -- as are the beads.

 

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