My wife Suzi and I started collecting beads in the late 1970's and we continue to this day. We first collected older glass beads and over the years have added stone beads too the collection. This website is devoted to both types of beads stone and glass.

I myself am a stone bead maker and have been since 1977, over the years I've established a reputation for being one of the premier stone bead makers in the world. One of the best things to come out of this is the fact that this put me in the position of becoming friends with many bead makers around the world who work in both stone and glass.

As you visit the site you will see some of these peoples work and I am sure you will agree with me that they do in fact make truly amazing beads.

Dates for terms used

Contemporary 1950 to Present

Old 1400 to 1950

Post Western Roman Empire AD 476 to 1400

Ancient Before AD 476