Margie with daughter
Blue Mountain Magic Beads
http//www.bluemountainmagic.com
Margie has
been interested in art since childhood. In high school she was taking
ribbons with her drawings, and selling soft sculpture dolls to gift stores in
her native northwest Colorado.
She majored in art at
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ.
Her growing interest
in beads was spurred when she went to work at a bead store in Tempe, AZ.
She became head instructor, teaching bead stringing and design, and learned and
taught the arts of peyote stitch and making Femo beads.
Through the years, she has continued to add to her skills. She took a class in jewelry Making at Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, Az. and learned silver smithing and metal work. She later worked with the professor, teaching Femo bead making, peyote stitch and eventually, lampwork bead making as a part of that class.
In Arizona, with it's community of lampwork bead makers, it was
only natural that Margie made lampwork beads her next challenge. With
tapes and a book she began teaching herself.
Her beads have been featured in galleries and shops throughout Arizona and Colorado and her beads have been sold by major bead stores in Arizona and throughout the world. Ten years ago she moved to southwest Colorado and continues to make beads and jewelry for bead stores and galleries. Her jewelry is a hit at local sales and art fairs. She has taught Lampwork bead making and Polymer clay classes at the AHA! School of Arts in Telluride and Norwood, Co. She was a founding member of ACE (Arts, Community and Education) of Norwood, where she has taught classes and volunteers. She is also a regular lister on e-bay under the seller name of bmmbeads.
Margie works out of her studio at 1375 Grand Ave in Norwood and when her open sign is up, welcomes drop-ins to shop or to watch her make beads. In Norwood, her main attraction is her lovely, original jewelry. On Ebay she sells the beautiful sculpted beads for which she is known world wide.
Margie is the mother of two
daughters who are very much a part of her work and inspiration. Life and
work are intertwined in joyous creation. Isn't that the way
it's supposed to be?
