11 layers! Art Seymour (CMO) Original Chevron beads

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This auction is for one 11 layer chevron It has 16 points and measures 28mm x 11mm. An astounding 11 layers make this bead extremely rare! This cane was featured in the book Chevron and Nueva Cadiz Beads , by John and Ruth Picard Bead #1237 Page 117, with the end view #1301 on page 123 Share the Magic 20 years ago, inspired by an antique chevron bead, Art Seymour brought what was considered a "lost art" into a new century. With dazzling colors, endless enthusiasm, and love of glass, he once again brought the chevron to the forefront of the bead world. Two decades later, his beads are in museums, books and in the hands of collectors world wide. Through the Share the Magic Project, Art is currently in the process of trying to bring this technology, technique and magic of chevron making to Ghana, West Africa w the chevron still has cultural relevance. /seymourchevron/iWeb/Site/Hands%20Across%20the%20Water.html Phase one of the project is aimed at getting a credible multi layered chevron bead into production in Ghana employing the powdered glass technique already in use by local bead makers. Recently Art was joined in his Nevada studio by Ghanaian bead maker Nomoda E. Djaba (Cedi) from Odumase Krobo in Ghana. In this workshop Cedi and Art refined a powdered glass chevron technique as well as pulled traditional (molten glass) read more
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