My Beading Heritage

My mother, Berrie and my father, Bud (Herbert) Butrick

Bud, Loom Artisan
Bud, Loom Artisan: Later in life he taught himself to Loom creating many Loom Art pieces as well as custom looms.
Berrie and Bud in their Rock Hound days
Berrie and Bud in their Rock Hound days. This photo is from a trip into an Opal Mine in Australia.
Dad - split loom beading
Dad – split loom beading

I'm grateful for the encouragement and support of my sister, Diana Bajzek in Pittsburgh and her amazing data base of the family beading empire supplies. She also runs an Etsy site, Beadsbyberrie which is well patronized in the US.