Now that I have retired as Journal Editor for the Beadworkers Guild my next                           beading adventure will be to dedicate my time to researching the history of     British Beadwork.

I have spent many years researching historical beadwork, creating my own collection and I  am now curating the Beadworkers Guild collection of beadwork too. I hope that now I have more time to dedicate to research that I will be able to make more progress, particularly as I have narrowed the field to British Beadwork.

I intend to research all time periods, but my particular interest has always been the 17th century, and this is where I will concentrate my efforts to start with. Folk Art, including beadwork, is a much neglected area of research. If my work can help contribute in any way to this overlooked area of art history all the effort will be worthwhile.