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Tiny Toad Beads

Toads are very interesting symbols in most cultures. Abundance, transformation, and longevity are some of their most appealing attributes.

Historically, they were believed to carry a stone in their head which was purported to be a universal medicine.

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Psyche Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (134 KB) 0 Comments A small, friendly and amused toad bead made from Double Helix Psyche glass.	Psyche Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (161 KB) 0 Comments He displays pretty much the full range of color that Psyche can produce.	Psyche Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (149 KB) 0 Comments Yes, he's pretty wee -- tiny atop one fingertip.
Gaia Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (150 KB) 0 Comments A little toad made from Gaia glass. He looks like he just jumped away from a bright waterfall in a dark woodland. (The fairies are still looking for him..... )	Gaia Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (147 KB) 0 Comments Gaia glass gets this pretty lustre from a reduction flame. (Forest pixies love it.)	Gaia Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (107 KB) 0 Comments Small toads have great balance.
Nasturtium Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (144 KB) 0 Comments He's in ur garden..... stealthin' in ur nasturtiums.	Nasturtium Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (137 KB) 0 Comments Bright enough to singe your retinas, this little guy is the color of bright bright nasturtiums.	Nasturtium Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (128 KB) 0 Comments Small, bright, and visually burning the tip of my finger.
Opalino Pink Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (114 KB) 0 Comments O what a curious world, to have created within it a pink toad!	Opalino Pink Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (124 KB) 0 Comments He (she?) waits patiently.	Opalino Pink Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (120 KB) 0 Comments Staring back at me, a pink toad with attitude.
Shiny Tiny Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (126 KB) 0 Comments He's shiny and tiny and mirror-finish like a garden gazing ball.	Shiny Tiny Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (157 KB) 0 Comments Whoa, a toad-mirror.	Shiny Tiny Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (126 KB) 0 Comments Small enough to fit almost anywhere.
Sitting Up Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (135 KB) 0 Comments He looks like he's about to sneak up and tickle somebody.	Sitting Up Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (136 KB) 0 Comments Too bad he's too short to reach much.....	Sitting Up Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (137 KB) 0 Comments Small, but not so small you'd lose him in a nostril (kids, don't try that at home).
Two Tone Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (138 KB) 0 Comments Not two musical tones, but two color tones (unless you're currently experiencing synesthesia...)	Two Tone Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (141 KB) 0 Comments Same glass (Psyche), two colors, depending on how you work it.	Two Tone Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (108 KB) 0 Comments It takes balance.
White Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (128 KB) 0 Comments A simple white toad with blue, blue eyes.	White Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (105 KB) 0 Comments Pale and somewhat Shinto, this is a cute tiny toad bead.	White Toad Bead 1000 x 1000 pixels (143 KB) 0 Comments Tiny and bumpily and white, sitting in my fingers.

Artist: TerriMayStudios

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My aesthetic is wabi sabi -- a term from Japan that roughly translates to beauty found in imperfection.

Richard R. Powell summarizes by saying "It (wabi-sabi) nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect."

Andrew Juniper claims, "if an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabi."

It is also two separate words, with related but different meanings.

Wabi is the kind of perfect beauty that is seemingly-paradoxically caused by just the right kind of imperfection, such as an asymmetry in a ceramic bowl which reflects the handmade craftsmanship, as opposed to another bowl which is perfect, but soul-less and machine-made.

Sabi is the kind of beauty that can come only with age, such as the patina on a very old bronze statue.

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Terri, I really enjoyed reading your gallery note, and I can't wait to see more of your work posted in your gallery!
» Posted by Angelinabeadalina on 3/15/2008 5:52:44 AM.

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I love your frogs!!!!
» Posted by HagstromArtGlass on 3/15/2008 7:46:57 PM.

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