amyoh.com about me

amy o'keefe-hyser
www.amyoh.com
rochester, ny

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New Business Started 2007: Blueberry Moon Beads,LLC »

My Bead Resume:

Seed (Delica) Beading … Loom, Off-Loom, Embroidery, & Sculptured

Hooked on beads since childhood after receiving a bead loom as a gift from my sister (forever grateful to Maureen!).

Easily distracted by shiny things. Sometimes think my passion is shopping for beads and supplies more than using them! Peyote stitch is my current favorite stitch, but the right angle weave is a fun one too, then there is the herringbon stitch, ... hmm.

I grew up in Irondequoit and lived in Colorado for 20+ Years. I worked as a software design engineer for HP for 12 years before becoming a stay at home beader & mom to two boys. Moved back to the Rochester area in 2003 and found Studio 34 while searching for supplies and a local group of beaders.

Hooked on internet bead related information and shopping. I put together a web page of beading related links to guide me.

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Colorado is a wonderful place for a beader to live. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to take a variety of bead classes over the years from some very inspiring and accomplished women.

Artists I learned from:

Carol Wilcox Wells – Mandala Bracelet (Chevron Chain); Also did several of Carol’s wonderful kits.
Cynthia Rutledge – Ring Around the Posies Necklace
NanC Meinhardt - Right angle weave cuff
Leah Henriquez Ready – Petroglyph Pin (bead embroidery)
Jean Campbell – sculptured peyote
Connie Lehman – needle punch & bead embroidery
Nancy Zeller – Dragonfly Pendent (modified 3-drop-peyote & basic spiral)

Cheri Zeller – Patchwork Pin (circular peyote, ladder, & square stitches)
Marilynne LIPshutz - lamp work beads at Studio 34
Leslley Darling - knitted beaded bracelet at Dances with Wools

… and other wonderful beaders in Colorado, New Yorkk & California!

Also took classes in: freeform peyote; right angle weave; peyote beaded beads; lampwork beads (Studio 34 & More Fire); … the list goes on ...