TIBET BEADS: ELUSIVE NO MORE!
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Trollbeads is a spouse and children-operate Danish organization of jewelry artisan/designers who invented the “bead-on-bracelet” strategy in 1976, and subsequently inspired all of the other models that followed in excess of the many decades given that.
As a Trollbeads retailer given that 2003, Suzie Q Studio now specializes in new, in no way worn, retired and extremely-exceptional Trollbeads pieces, such as the a lot in demand from customers “Tibet Beads” showcased in this report, which is accessible for purchase on this Suzie Q Studio site.
WHAT ARE “TIBET BEADS” AND WHAT Will make THEM SO Specific AND Unusual?
Trollbeads “Tibet Beads” are a highly-sought-following established of 6 incredible glass beads: A vibrant collection produced from deeply rooted Tibetan society, spirituality and newly won alternatives. The reason why “Tibet Beads” are so very uncommon is for the reason that not incredibly many sets ended up developed, and they ended up only in the Trollbeads Selection for a pretty small time from 2006-2007.
SO, WHY ARE THEY Referred to as “TIBET BEADS”?
In the early 2000s, Lise Aagaard, co-founder/designer of Trollbeads, study a handful of traces in a Danish charitable magazine that would change the course of the Trollbeads enterprise: “If you definitely want to assistance people in third planet nations around the world to acquire economically, you will have to teach them what it is that you are efficiently doing.”
Right after looking at these traces an notion came to Lise: “We can do that. At Trollbeads we know how to make glass beads. We know how to promote them efficiently. We can educate them.”
Lise and her group of glass bead makers took their machines and supplies to Dharamsala, in northern India, to set up their 1st glass bead workshop to advantage a team of exiled Tibetan refugees dwelling there. Her eyesight was to establish experienced artisans who could then be component of a self-sustaining financial system, and it is these recently properly trained glass bead artisans who created the “Tibet Beads” set, infused with their Tibetan tradition, colour, design and style and stories.
In excess of time, this Trollbeads “charity” job would grow to span 3 continents, and the wonderful glass beads created by these crafting centres became their have Trollbeads Collection acknowledged as: “Uniques”, so in essence, “Tibet Beads” were being the really initially “Uniques” to be created!
For more information about Lise Aagaard and the Trollbeads “Uniques” tale, check out out the Suzie Q Diary submit: A Love AFFAIR WITH UNIQUES.
The just one-of-a-form UNIQUES glass beads made available here at Suzie Q Studio also include a colour-coordinated Trollbeads leather bracelet, additionally a booklet about the UNIQUES tale, which are only offered although portions very last. Click on in this article to see our stunning Uniques >>> Uniques Collection.
PRESENTING: THE TROLLBEADS “TIBET SET”…
“Inexperienced LILAC ARMADILLO”… This bead left the selection in 2007. The armadillo is a nocturnal animal from the American continent. An previous Indian prayer to the armadillo: “Protect my borders, instruct me my defend, reflect my discomfort so I shall not yield”.
“KYANG”… This bead still left the collection in 2007. This Trollbead is named immediately after a breed of wild Tibetan goats.
“CAPPUCCINO”… This bead remaining the collection in 2007. This bead conjures up photographs of a steaming scorching cappuccino with a espresso bean on top.
“ORNAMENT”… This bead remaining the selection in 2007. This particular decorative motif is popular in many cultures all-around the earth in the course of record, from ancient to modern-day times.
“TIBET”… This bead still left the assortment in 2007. This dynamic design is a tribute to the vibrant and religious culture of Tibet.
“TAKMA”… This bead remaining the selection in 2007. This lilac-dependent bead, with its twists of brown and ivory beneath lilac places, resembles the Indian rhododendron trees, Takma.
SO WHICH “TIBET BEADS” ARE Accessible AT SUZIE Q STUDIO???
FYI, all of the “Rare & Retired” Tollbeads being offered below at Suzie Q Studio are new and under no circumstances worn.
Incredibly, there are THREE full sets of 6 “TIBET BEADS” that are available at Suzie Q Studio (one particular established has because been sold).
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In addition to the finish sets of “TIBET BEADS”, the subsequent one beads are also available:
Green LILAC ARMADILLO X1
TAKMA X1
FYI… The sterling silver cores in these “TIBET BEADS” do not have the “LA 925S sterling stamp” simply because they had been built ahead of Trollbeads started off stamping the glass bead cores in this way.
TO SEE the intricate approach of how glass beads area created, Click on Below >>> “Every Bead Is A Miniature Piece of Art”.
Aren’t these “TIBET BEADS” totally fantastic?!
The “Green Lilac Armadillo” beads in both of those sets are definitely beautiful due to the fact of the massive amount of money of “ocean blue-green” color in them. A lot of the Environmentally friendly Lilac Armadillo” beads that were unveiled way again in 2006-07 were far more on the lilac side and rarely blue-inexperienced at all. The single versions that will be accessible have a whole lot of stunning blue-eco-friendly in them far too.
Whilst the “Green Lilac Armadillo” has been the most in need bead of the “TIBET BEADS” set, I think all of 6 of them are positively enchanting and hope you do also. I’m so psyched to be in a position to supply these ultra-unusual Trollbeads to my Suzie Q Troll Admirers!
BTW… More unusual and retired Trollbeads will be introduced before long, so remember to Keep TUNED to impending Suzie Q eNewsletters (you can SUBSCRIBE to the right of this submit) and on the Suzie Q INSTAGRAM and Facebook web pages.
If you’d like a lot more information and facts about the Uncommon and Retired Trollbeads in my stash, see my web site posts (some of the Trollbeads demonstrated in these blog posts may well no longer be out there) >>> Treasure Vault Unlocked!, TROLLBEADS Exceptional & Retired ~ China Beads, and TROLLBEADS Scarce & Retired Skeleton Necklace.
With beadiest regards,
