This piece deserves it's own page. My good friend Ricki Stitzer faceted this Brazilian Fire Opal. This is the largest faceted fire opal I have seen...
http://www.beadmaking.org/

The Art of Beadmaking started out with one book about dots. It is growing into a publishing house designed to serve and educate the glass beadmaking community.
http://www.artofbeadmaking.com/

Beaded Flower Making - Find Handmade Beaded Flower & Beaded Jewelry made from Japanese glass bead & seed bead pattern. Free bead pattern, project, instruction on bead necklace ...
http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/

BeadedLily Glass Studio, Florence, Italy. Lampwork Bead production, beadmaking courses, beadmaking supplies and other artistic endeavors.
http://www.beadedlilyglassworks.com/

The technology for glass beadmaking is among the oldest human arts, dating back 30,000 years (Dubin, 1987). Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_beadmaking