About BeadedLilyDesigns.com
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Lily Mordà has been collecting
beads and designing jewelry since she was a teenager in the early
1980's. She first got into beading after her friend Tracy
discovered some amazing 1920's "Flapper" earrings made by her
grandmother stashed away in her attic. Inspired by the beauty and
intricacy of these unique earrings, the two girls set out to make
similar pieces of their own. |
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But it wasn't until Lily began working at San Francisco's
famous "General Bead" in the late 1980's that the idea to
open a bead shop of her own first came to her. She did just
that, after moving to Seattle, Washington in 1989, where she
opened a bead shop called Sound City Bead. Little did Lily
know that this would be the beginning of a long career as
both a jewelry designer and bead shop owner that would span
two continents.
After marrying glass bead artist Tim James in 1999, and
moving to Italy, Lily's career as both an international jewelry designer and teacher began to take a new direction.
In addition to collaborating with her husband and creating
one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces which are sold to customers all
over the world, she also spends much of her time teaching to
both the local community as well as to international
students who come to take her classes from around the
globe. |
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Lily believes that beading is not only a relaxing and
rewarding creative activity, but also an incredible
opportunity for cultural exchange among students from
different cultures and backgrounds. Because of the
importance of Italy in general and Florence in particular in
the art world, she feels that her search for her "true home"
has finally ended. She looks forward to meeting future
students and other fellow bead enthusiasts who cross her
path in the Renaissance City! |
Timothy James
started making beads in 2002, after he and his
jewelry-designer wife Lily moved to Italy in 2001. He had
no idea at the time that what started out as a one week
course in Umbria would go on to change his career and his
life forever.
Now, a bead maker by day and
web designer
by night, Tim also teaches glass beadmaking in the
traditional Venetian style at his
Florence glass studio to
students who travel in from all over the world.
Besides creating handmade beads for the couple's store,
websites and jewelry lines, he has made glass beads for a
number of design houses, both big and small. Chanel featured
his beads in their summer and fall 2006 line. He also
received commissions from the famous Italian design houses
Ferragamo and Escada, as well. Currently, he continues to
supply a myriad of smaller designers, in Europe, North
America and as far away as Australia and Japan, with his
ever-expanding line of
hand-made glass beads. |
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