Bead Chat Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 24

Meet The Maker Julie Wong Sontag ~ Uglibeads Firstly, I’ve got to ask...why “Uglibeads”? Especially when they’re so beautiful! I get a lot of of hilarious notes telling me that my beads are not in fact ugly. But trust me, they were. The name has been with me since the way-back days, when I first started making beads in 2001. In truth, it’s about learning. No one starts out making beautiful stuff right away - in any art medium. I turned out lots and lots and lots of ugly beads on my way to making things that were fit for public consumption. I go through the same process whenever I try something new. The first attempts are not always pretty. In fact, they almost never are. I’ve learned over the years that the ugly beads mean that I’m growing and evolving, creativebeadchat.com