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On August 20, 2011 the winners of the International Bead Award Contest were announced at the Beaders Best Bead Art Fair. It was an exciting event! And good news: my Art Nouveau Restored necklace won two awards: First Place in Off-Loom Category and People's Choice Award.

Art Nouveau Restored Necklace by Zoya Gutina

Photo Credit: Friedhelm Ott | Perlen Poesie

First place winners are:

Lampwork Category

       1 Place: Helix - Jacky Teuchert-Rimkus, Germany
       jackys-glas-art.de

Loomwork Category

       1 Place: Spring Has Sprung - Erin Simonetti, USA
       simonetti.com

Off-Loom Category

       1 Place: Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Bead Crochet, Bead Knitting Category

       1 Place: Diagonal Bubbles - Jolanda Violante, Italy
       sinfoniediperle.blogspot.com

Embroidery Category

       1 Place: Cascade - Angelika Kenner, Germany
       schmucksyndrom.de

Paper, Textile Category

       1 Place: Altes Kyoto - Dorit Koppen, Germany

Polymer Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain Category

       1 Place: ...Love way... - Natalya Leitman, Russia
       flickr.com/photos/madllen/

Wirewok Category

       1 Place: Beach Dreams - Chris Wrinn, USA
       gildedowljewelry.com

Mixed Media Category

       1 Place: Born in the Sands - Svetlana Sametis, Latvia
       orubis.ucoz.lv

Public voting

       Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Our warmest congratulations to all winners!

Full list of International Bead Award Contest winners

Soon we will meet again! Perlen Poesie Magazine is proud to invite you to the Second Beaders Best Bead Art Fair that will take place in Hamburg, Germany in August 18-19! International artists, manufacturers, retailers and beading friends from all over Europe and Overseas will meet at this unmatched event.

The program includes different jewelry making classes that will be taught by internationally recognized bead artists: Zoya Gutina (USA), Ute Kluwe (Germany), Heather Kingsley-Heath (UK), Svetlana Sametis (Lithuania), Anja Schlotman (USA), Sabine Lippert (Germany), Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany), Daniela Donzelli (Germany), Huib Petersen (USA), Olga Haserodt (Germany), Lana May (USA), Sian Nolan (UK), Birgit Bergemann (Germany), Peter Sewell (UK), Petra Tismer (Germany), Melissa Grakowsky (USA), Laura Andrews (USA), Luz Rodriguez Gonzales (Spain), Dianne Karg Baron (Canada), Jutta Tolzmann (Germany) and other artists.