Bead Challenge

Our 10th Annual Bead Challenge in 2021 had wonderful participation from our beading community. A record 30 artists participated in the Bead Challenge, up from 19 last year. That’s amazing! 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 30 very different pieces of art. Pictures of the 2021 challenge are in the top row of pictures (including the kit), those from the 2020 challenge in the bottom series.  Enjoy!

Bead Challenge 2021

Bead Challenge Kit 2021

Bead Challenge Kit 2021

Bead Challenge 2021--Alexis Kollasch's "Hidden Garden Coasters"

Bead Challenge 2021--Alexis Kollasch's "Hidden Garden Coasters"

Bead Challenge 2021--Allison York's "Duly Noted"

Bead Challenge 2021--Allison York's "Duly Noted"

Bead Challenge 2021--Bonnie Balluff Hanlin's "Perseid"

Bead Challenge 2021--Bonnie Balluff Hanlin's "Perseid"

Bead Challenge 2021--Cheryl Jacobsen 's "Medicine Box"

Bead Challenge 2021--Cheryl Jacobsen 's "Medicine Box"

Bead Challenge 2021--Deborah Zeitler's "Unnamed"

Bead Challenge 2021--Deborah Zeitler's "Unnamed"

Bead Challenge 2021--Elizabether DeMay Dean's Mauvais Oeil"

Bead Challenge 2021--Elizabether DeMay Dean's Mauvais Oeil"

Bead Challenge 2021--Elizabeth Levin's "Post Stroke Perception"

Bead Challenge 2021--Elizabeth Levin's "Post Stroke Perception"

Bead Challenge 2021--Erin Neiers's "Patriotism"

Bead Challenge 2021--Erin Neiers's "Patriotism"

Bead Challenge 2021--Georgia Heald's "Fedorama"

Bead Challenge 2021--Georgia Heald's "Fedorama"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jeanine Redlinger's "Handmade Paper (Cottonwood Tree) Book"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jeanine Redlinger's "Handmade Paper (Cottonwood Tree) Book"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jim Emigh's "Experiments in Kumihimo on a Stick"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jim Emigh's "Experiments in Kumihimo on a Stick"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jo Ann Benda's "Along Came a Spider"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jo Ann Benda's "Along Came a Spider"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jolene Harvey's "Tickling the Ivories"

Bead Challenge 2021--Jolene Harvey's "Tickling the Ivories"

Bead Challenge 2021--Joyce Berg's "Beads in Bloom"

Bead Challenge 2021--Joyce Berg's "Beads in Bloom"

Bead Challenge 2021--Kendra Strand's "Maker"

Bead Challenge 2021--Kendra Strand's "Maker"

Bead Challenge 2021--Kristen Rummelhart"s "Sunbeams, Moonbeams, Firefly Gleams Inbetween"

Bead Challenge 2021--Kristen Rummelhart"s "Sunbeams, Moonbeams, Firefly Gleams Inbetween"

Bead Challenge 2021--Laurie Zaiger's "Night Symphony"

Bead Challenge 2021--Laurie Zaiger's "Night Symphony"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lisa Orgren's "My Magical Happy Place"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lisa Orgren's "My Magical Happy Place"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lisa Richardson-Bach's "Treasures from the Sea"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lisa Richardson-Bach's "Treasures from the Sea"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lu Miller's "Bell Tower"

Bead Challenge 2021--Lu Miller's "Bell Tower"

Bead Challenge 2021--Maree Sarow's "Absent Memories"

Bead Challenge 2021--Maree Sarow's "Absent Memories"

Bead Challenge 2021--Marilyn Moore's "La Belle Chapeau"

Bead Challenge 2021--Marilyn Moore's "La Belle Chapeau"

Bead Challenge 2021--Martine Dunnwald's "The Bean Bag"

Bead Challenge 2021--Martine Dunnwald's "The Bean Bag"

Bead Challenge 2021--Melissa Wallace's "Untitled"

Bead Challenge 2021--Melissa Wallace's "Untitled"

Bead Challenge 2021--Michele Preste's "The Hidden Self"

Bead Challenge 2021--Michele Preste's "The Hidden Self"

Bead Challenge 2021--Nicole Thumma's "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

Bead Challenge 2021--Nicole Thumma's "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

Bead Challenge 2021--Phil Harvey's "And The Bead Goes On"

Bead Challenge 2021--Phil Harvey's "And The Bead Goes On"

Bead Challenge 2021--Sarah Lowenberg's "The Rhythm of Life"

Bead Challenge 2021--Sarah Lowenberg's "The Rhythm of Life"

Bead Challenge 2021--Tara Dinolfo's "Turtle in the Sun with Crystals"

Bead Challenge 2021--Tara Dinolfo's "Turtle in the Sun with Crystals"

Bead Challenge 2021--Zanetta Hoehle's "Untitled"

Bead Challenge 2021--Zanetta Hoehle's "Untitled"

Bead Challenge 2020

Bead Challenge Kit 2020

Bead Challenge Kit 2020

Bead Challenge 2020--Zanetta Hoehle--Untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Zanetta Hoehle--Untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Allison York--Lariat with 3 Earring Options

Bead Challenge 2020--Allison York--Lariat with 3 Earring Options

Bead Challenge 2020--Annalise Rummelhart--Christmas Came Early

Bead Challenge 2020--Annalise Rummelhart--Christmas Came Early

Bead Challenge 2020--Martine Dunnwald--1940's Beach Earrings

Bead Challenge 2020--Martine Dunnwald--1940's Beach Earrings

Bead Challenge 2020--Kristin Rummelhart--Operation $pend Local

Bead Challenge 2020--Kristin Rummelhart--Operation $pend Local

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Cramer (with assistance from Brian Edeker)--Bead Steez

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Cramer (with assistance from Brian Edeker)--Bead Steez

Bead Challenge 2020--Bonnie B. Hanlin--Ruby

Bead Challenge 2020--Bonnie B. Hanlin--Ruby

Bead Challenge 2020--Esme Rummelhart--Bead Mobile

Bead Challenge 2020--Esme Rummelhart--Bead Mobile

Bead Challenge 2020--Jim Emigh--WAVE

Bead Challenge 2020--Jim Emigh--WAVE

Bead Challenge 2020--Jeanne Abrons--Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Copper Bag & Smile, Smile, Smile

Bead Challenge 2020--Jeanne Abrons--Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Copper Bag & Smile, Smile, Smile

Bead Challenge 2020--Debra Cook--Ode to a Geode

Bead Challenge 2020--Debra Cook--Ode to a Geode

Bead Challenge 2020--Georgia Heald--Fluke in a Box

Bead Challenge 2020--Georgia Heald--Fluke in a Box

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Richardson-Bach--Into the Cosmos

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Richardson-Bach--Into the Cosmos

Bead Challenge 2020--Julia Ozolins--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Julia Ozolins--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Cheryl Jacobsen--Brake Pad Totem

Bead Challenge 2020--Cheryl Jacobsen--Brake Pad Totem

Bead Challenge 2020--Joyce Berg--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Joyce Berg--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Jo Ann Benda--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Jo Ann Benda--untitled

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Orgren--Every Blooming Thing

Bead Challenge 2020--Lisa Orgren--Every Blooming Thing

Bead Challenge 2020--Marilyn Moore--Boxed Magic

Bead Challenge 2020--Marilyn Moore--Boxed Magic