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Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard
By one definition, a bead is anything with a hole in it, which goes a little way toward explaining the broad appeal of beading, a hobby/craft/art form - whatever you want to call it - that remains popular tens of thousands of years after nomadic hunter-gatherers first took a break from killing stuff so they could adorn themselves with perforated seashells.
"Beads are accessible to everyone," says Stacy Bierma, owner of Harlequin Beads & Jewelry in Eugene. "You can find something that you like in your budget."
Bierma sells inexpensive beads that can be turned into bracelets for just a few dollars and gem stones that go for several hundred dollars apiece.
Her own collection includes antique amber beads and Italian-made "trade beads," once used to buy gold, ivory and even slaves from Africa. She also has beaded headwear and an ancient African bead strand estimated at 2,000 years old.
"It's the earliest form of adornment, a form of self-expression," Bierma says. "It's also kind of addictive."
She...
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