I’ve collected beads since I was a young girl. Much more than an adornment, they’re stories of cultures woven together. They represent the many hands that have run over them through time. I put this collage together to create a new story:Can you tell where I get my prints and patterns for amykathrn fabrics?  This is my favorite bead. ^ It’s from circa 1350. That’s pretty medieval! and pretty tough to fuse that glass in homemade kiln. You can see the pattern was placed on top of the core.amber, malachite, turquoise‘African trade beads’ circa 1850.O, and then I got carried away with paints on my tablecloth. Woops. Always, AMY