Unique handmade porcelain, ceramic and stoneware beads by various artists

Ceramic Bead Artists - Unique High Quality Ceramic Porcelain and stoneware beads by various artists.
Large Oval Focal Beads
Butterfly pendant
Winchell Clayworks
Patchwork Love Pendant
A Star is Born
Dragonfly
Rutilated Clear Quartz and Ceramic Bead Necklace
Purple Galaxy
Ceramic Bead Artists is a cooperative of artists devoted to the promotion of ceramic beads as an art form. Click on the thumbnails on the left to find out more about each artist.

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You can see how our artists do what they do. Also how to incorporate these lovely jewelry making beads into your own jewelry projects for unique jewelry.
Over the next few months we hope to add new artists and new tutorials to cover just about every aspect of ceramic bead art.

Ceramic is a broad term that encompasses all forms of fired clay products. The most common type of ceramic bodies that are used are:
  • Earthenware is the type of ceramic body that is generally referred to as ceramic. It is a porus body that is usually glazed to achieve durability and beautiful colors and designs. It is a 'low fire' body generally fired to temperatures less than 2000 F.
  • Porcelain which is a strong vitreous body that is usually transluscent when fired. It is considered a 'high fire' body generally being fired to 2300 F (1200 C) or higher temperatures.
  • Stoneware is a strong body frequently used for ovenware. It is opaque and also a 'high fire' body. These comprise the most commonly used clay bodies.

Today's Featured Artist Is

Natalie Pappas

Specialties:

Ceramic Beads and Pendants

Natalie produces a variety of brightly colored ceramic beads.  Pottery/Ceramics is possibly the most exciting medium in which she has had the pleasure of working.  Every bead is an experiment in style and substance; each round or differently shaped pendant is a blank canvas to texture and to glaze.

Every spare second in High School was spent on the pottery wheel.  After high school she dabbled in many different hobbies and mediums, from fibers to painting.  "Each has been a tremendous influence."

Years later she finally acquired a pottery wheel and one day stumbled onto ceramic bead making quite by accident. It suddenly dawned on her that she could make a bead with the leftover clay!

Natalie works in many different clay bodies, from earthenware to porcelain.  Each has its own degree of difficulty and enjoyability.   Always learning and experimenting, she pushes herself to learn the properties of whatever clay body in which she finds herself working.  "And hopefully," she says, "The end result will be something beautiful!"

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