Bead Bits
Jill Wagner
PO Box 252
Arlington Hts., IL 60006-0252

Tel 847-530-6587
E-mail

Beaded bits & bobs created by Jill Caruso Wagner

Cynthia McEwen Design
2401 W. Ohio St. #37
Chicago, IL 60612

Tel 312-243-3244
Fax 312-243-9744
E-mail

Lampwork glass beads and buttons, jewelry designs and accessories. Custom orders. Call or e-mail for appointment, class and show schedules.

Nancy Dolan
5629 N. Kenton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60646

Tel 312-213-4780
E-mail

Designed and handmade jewelry using Swarovski crystals, Art Glass beads and sterling silver.

Elka Design

Tel 847-827-2763
E-mail

My experience with natural materials in my gallery in Poland is what drives me to use nothing but natural stones, crystals, bone, and African trade beads in my work. Visit our website for our selection of loose beads and check out our show schedule. For personal requests, please call or e-mail for appointment.

Germanos
1300 Remington Road
unit M
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Tel 847-398-0088
E-mail

Buy and sell antique beads, bead hanks, beaded purses and trims. Call, e-mail or write for appointment and show schedule.

Hummingbeads
7029 Simpson Street
Morton Grove, IL 60053

Tel 847-965-5313
E-mail

Instructors offering classes and materials specializing in sterling and gold-filled findings, tassels, Bali silver, semiprecious& Japanese cylinder beads. Call for an appointment

Just Vonna
284 BuntingCourt
Deerfield, IL 60015

Tel 847-808-1744
Fax (ditto call first)
E-mail

"One of a kind" finished jewelry incorporating the artist's own lampworked beads. Designs are asymmetrical in appearance but balanced by nature, as unique and individual as you are.

Phyllis Kaplan
Orchid Graphics
1034 Central Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035

Tel 847-432-7495
Fax 847-748-8395
E-mail

Artist / designer of finished work incorporating her intricate self supporting (no solder) silver & gold filled wire work combined with natural materials (shells, wood, glass), semiprecious& lampworked glass beads.

Phyllis teaches beginning wire working, privately or at Bead in Hand in Oak Park or Studio Beads in Deerfield.

Medusa's Stones
6351 W Montrose Ave., #344
Chicago, IL 60634

Tel 773-792-2147
Fax (ditto)    
E-mail

Playing in Grandma's jewelry box as a kid has given me a life long love of vintage items, and I taught myself how to make and repair jewelry from the treasures I found in there. Vintage elements still inspire me and find their way into my work. I began making lampwork beads in 2003 to complement these elements, and have been blissfully lost in the world of creating glass beads ever since. I began teaching the art of torching beads in 2008.

Ovington Glass Studio
2325 W. Lunt
Chicago, IL 60645

Tel 773-764-5200
Fax 773-973-5583
E-mail

Lampworked glass beads - Commissions - Call for appointment

Marcia Schori
4u2DesigningWomen, Inc.
8926 N. Greenwood #119
Niles, IL 60714

Tel 847-431-3918
Fax 906-273-0081
E-mail

The two owners operate a Web based business of handcrafted one-of-a-kind jewelry and teach in Illinois and Michigan. See their schedules on the website listed under each owner. Call for an appointment.

Sher Berman
412 Castlewood Lane
Deerfield, IL 60015

Tel 847-405-9981
E-mail

Designer / artist using her own lampworked beads in finished jewelry and artwear.

Mary Ann Theis
4u2DesigningWomen, Inc.

Viking Weave made with Sterling Silver, Bali Silver and Swarovski crystal featuring a Viking Ship designed by pewter artist Rune Tennesmed.

Vanessa Walilko

Kali Butterfly
P.O. Box 6220
Evanston, IL 60204-6220

E-mail

Vanessa makes bold and eclectic beaded jewelry and chainmaille jewelry. She also teaches chainmaille classes throughout the Chicagoland area. Her unique chainmaille clothing and beaded armor pieces have been featured in national exhibitions.