Faceted Beads by Bruce St. John Maher

Landscape faceted beads by Bruce St. John Maher. These things are incredible! They are hand painted in layers with iridescent paints for a beautiful 3-D effect. (*Very* labor intensive: hand painted in layers and cooked in a kiln between each layer, then faceted and polished.) Each piece is unique, with amazing attention to detail.
The photographs cannot do justice to these items- the 3-D effect is wonderful, and many of the colors change as the piece is viewed from different angles!

These are some of the artistic works that have earned him international praise and awards.
As of 2012, he has some of his work on display in the Louve- they are under the same roof as the Mona Lisa! This is the highest honor for a visual artist that I know of.

Some of these beads have areas of color change: lilac pink to blue, a true color change created with rare earth additives.
The beads with a white opal moon often have glow-in-the-dark agents on the opal, which is really cool and shows Bruce St. John Maher's attention to subtle details. These are rare earth/ metals- NOT phosphorus, but phosphors. Check out the pictures below- they are really cool!

Short Landscape Beads

Short Landscape Beads in oval and cube shapes

Here they are from above:

Short Oval Landscape bead; $ 130.00:	Short Cube Landscape bead #1; $ 130.00:	Short Cube Landscape bead #2; $ 130.00:	Cube Short Landscape bead w/opal moon; $ 150.00:

Long Landscape Beads

Friendship Beads crafted by Bruce St. John Maher

Scarabs

Scarabs, pastel Color Change

incandescent light	incandescent light	incandescent light	incandescent light
fluorescent light 1-4:	incandescent light	incandescent light	fluorescent light 5-6:

Buprestids Beetles- glow in the dark like a firefly

BB-BU-01:	BB-BU-02:	BB-BU-03:	BB-BU-04:	BB-BU-05:	BB-BU-06:	BB-BU-07:	BB-BU-08:

Optic Beads

The Master Series Beads

3-D Irridescent Iris	3-D Irridescent Iris
		Moon in Moon scenic bead: signifies the Mom/Daughter relationship opal moon inside larger moon

• Amethyst to Chrysoberyl: Amethyst, Ametrine, Andalusite, Apatite, Aquamarine, Benitoite, Beryl, Bytownite, Chrysoberyl.
• Citrine to Garnets:Citrine, Diamond, Diopside, Emerald, Garnets.
• Iolite to Quartz (Smokey): Iolite, Moldavite, Obsidian, Opal (faceted), Peridot, Petalite, Green/Gold Quartz,Rose Quartz, Smokey Quartz
• Ruby, Sapphire:The corundum family of colored gems!
• Scapolite to Tanzanite: Scapolite, Spectrolite, Sphene, Spinel, Sunstone, Tanzanite.
• Topaz to Zircon: Topaz, Tourmaline, Zircon
• Man-Made Materials: Lab-grown and other materials.
• Curved Facets: Various Gems with Curved Facets.
• Opal Cabochons: Opal cut as "Cabs".
• Faceted Beads by Bruce St. John Maher

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