In scale and utility, beads as objects of personal adornment, are perfect for the body. Their use in ethnic jewelry and folk art are the inspiration of the majority of our work. The humble materials they use and the ingenuity in which disparate elements are assembled together are intriguing and often surprising. Learning from this rich tradition, we try to reinterpret their aesthetic with these untraditional, contemporary materials. After twenty years of making jewelry we continue to collaborate although many pieces are individual as well. But we both still seek to reinterpret the past, hoping to create new artifacts that will also inspire as we have been inspired.