I hate to sound precocious, but seed beading is an art………..and a craft………….and very, very, very, time consuming. I have no idea why this style of beading got me hooked, I am well known for having the attention span of a fly, but it is such a beautiful way to construct a piece of jewellery that once it gets you it won’t let go! The time it takes to make a piece obviously depends on the intricacy and volume, but can be anything from 5 hours to 45 hours. Seedbeaders rarely charge highly enough for their work – my ’54″ Lariat’ necklace took over 15 hours, and it’s on my website for £90…………………work the sums out for yourself! We seed bead because it is a skill, it is a craft, and it is Art. When you own a piece that has been made for you by a seedbeader, you own the only one! Beading of all styles is taking off in the UK, you will find nearly all the beaders you see are self taught – that’s because we had nobody to teach us! More money has been spent on books from around the globe than has been spent on beads! A ‘normal’ industry would be recouping this outlay in the price of their work, if we tried this we would never sell anything, when you buy a beaded piece of jewellery you are getting one of the very few genuine bargains left in this world – enjoy it!  My work can be seen at http://www.beadsage.co.uk