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Melissa: Award-Winning Artist

My talented wife Melissa entered a series of three silver pendants, Transcendence 3, into the Bead Museum DC’s Celebrating Beads competition. She found out a couple of weeks ago that she was a finalist, and tonight was the Passion for Beads Gala at which the winners were announced. Melissa, who insisted that she wasn’t going to win anything, won two things!

Melissa’s piece won 1st Place in the ‘Clay’ category for hobbyists (full-time professional artists are judged separately) AND the Best in Show: Best Handmade Bead award (which was open to both hobbyists and pros).

The photo above/right is of Melissa standing next to two of the three parts of her piece as-displayed at the gala (hers are smaller pieces, right next to her hand, labeled ‘6’).

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.