Charles, thanks again for inviting me. It would have been fun to make beads together. Love the beads you show. Like Joyce writes, they are very reminiscent of Van Gogh.
Hope to make it back to New Orleans!
The Czech beads are fun too. Looks like they took fairly random beads and strung them together for this purpose. I found a few more in New Orleans, and will show them when I get back.
Right now I am in NYC. One more week, and it is back to work!