In 2023 we celebrated the 12th year of the Bead Challenge. We had 25 items turned in and they were fantastic. Each artist had a kit with common elements in them. Their challenge was to use at least one of each of these elements to make an object. They could add as many and as much of other materials as they chose. The result are 25 very different pieces of art. Pictures of the 2023 challenge are in the top row of pictures (including the kit), those from the 2022 challenge are in the bottom series. Enjoy!
(if you’re looking for the newest kit, click here)
Bead Challenge 2023
Bead Challenge Kit 2023
Bead Challenge 2023--Kristen Rummelhart's "Moonlit Dream (In a Dought)"
Bead Challenge 2023--Bonnie Balluff Hanlin's "Garden Under the Sea"
Bead Challenge 2023--Cheryl Jacobsen's "LIghthouse"
Bead Challenge 2023--Jo Ann Benda's "The Creepy-Crawlies"
Bead Challenge 2023--Michele Preste's "Elemental: Moondrop Seeds"
Bead Challenge 2023--Martine Dunnwald's "Magnesite Shower"
Bead Challenge 2023--Zanetta Hoehle's "Untitled"
Bead Challenge 2023--Alyssa Jakowchuk's "Dear Ed (Message in a Bottle)"
Bead Challenge 2023--Georgia Heald's "The Major Award"
Bead Challenge 2023--Marie Wakeman's "Serene, Through the Bubbly Blue and Green"
Bead Challenge 2023--Molly Dwyer's "Untitled"
Bead Challenge 2023--Julie Seydell Johnson's "Untitled"
Bead Challenge 2023--Kendra Strand's "Cabinet of Curiosities"
Bead Challenge 2023--Allison York's "2-Way Study in Blue"
Bead Challenge 2023--Jolene Harvey's "'Bauble' Tea"
Bead Challenge 2023--Phil Harvey's "Hardwear"
Bead Challenge 2023--Lisa J. Orgren's "Findings"
Bead Challenge 2023--Ellie DeMay's "Untitled"
Bead Challenge 2023--Lisa Richardson-Bach's "Rogue Waves"
Bead Challenge 2023--Maree Sarow's "Butterfly's Ascent to Resurrection"
Bead Challenge 2023--Joyce Berg's "Fifth Dimension Fantasy"
Bead Challenge 2023--Lisa Cramer's (with help from Jack Edeker) "Beadusa"
Bead Challenge 2023--Victor Schmidt's "Snap Back to Reality"
Bead Challenge 2023--Jim Emigh's "Beads on a Half Shell"
Bead Challenge 2023--Marilyn Moore's "Contained Opulence (Inspired by bags from the 1930's)"
Bead Challenge 2022
Bead Challenge Kit 2022
Bead Challenge 2022 : Audrey Lavoie “Wood and Seashell from the Saint-Laurent”
Bead Challenge 20202 : Allison York “Ankle Jewelry”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Blue Strand “Untitled”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Bonnie Balluf Hanlin “The Magic of Power”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Cheryl Jacobsen “Fire Maker Kicks It at Summer Camp”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Georgia Heald “Pendants Pending”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Jim Emigh “Experiment in Bead Tapestry”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Jo Ann Benda “Samba Dancer Throwback”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Jolene Harvey “You’re so ‘Vane’”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Joyce Berg “Garden Party”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Kendra Strand “Secret Garden Hide & Find”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Kristin Rummelhart “Orchard”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Lisa Cramer (assisted by Brian Edeker) “The Night “Bead”fore Christmas”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Lisa Orgren “Paradise, Sparkling”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Maree Sarow “Ode to Fertility”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Marilyn Moore “…rings on her fingers & bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes…”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Martine Dunnwald “LAMBARÉNÉ”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Michele Preste “Abundance”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Phil Harvey “Dark Web Charlotte”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Sarah Lowenberg “Untitled”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Stephanie Canterbury “Untitled”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Suzanne Knosp “Whimsey #1”
Bead Challenge 2022 : Victor Schmidt “Oops, All Berries”
