We’ve just opened our Ebay shop in the UK for customers interested in just one or two pieces or for new customers who would like to see a sample of our products before ordering wholesale.
Check out the new shop by going to:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Beads-Bali-Silver-Jewellery
Enjoy,
Athina & Sean
We’re Beads Bali (well, you already know that).
The company, at this time, is made up of myself (Sean), my wife Athina and a group of local silver smiths and bead makers. There is also my wife’s puppy, Jolie, and my black lab, Mojo.
We live here in Bali, fairly close to the beach (I can see it from my window as I type this).
I’m fairly new to the beading business but I’ve been working professionally in Bali for the last ten years (or more) exporting handicrafts and furniture around the world with Indonesia Export.
Up until about five minutes ago, I thought I understood the meaning of “Bali Bead”…
… I was wrong (sigh).
I had thought, silly me… SOOOO naive… that a Bali bead was a bead made in Bali. Apparently not.
According to one article:
“Bali beads originated in India. The Indians taught the Balinese how to make the beads. The majority of Bali beads today are still made in India. Some people differentiate between Bali and Bali Style beads.
Bali style beads are made the same way as Bali beads, but do not come from Bali - instead they come from India.â€
It’s the overall tone of the article that bugs me – The Indians taught the Balinese how to make the beads… you’d figure “the Indians†might have called them Indian beads, wouldn’t ya?