Berkshire Beading Company
Unusual beads in one-of-a-kind designs
Pittsfield Massachusetts

Lizbeth Fullemann was born in Washington DC, grew up in central Ohio and moved east to attend college at Sarah Lawrence and NYU.

While in school I designed and built costumes for College productions in Ohio and New York. After school I moved to the city and worked as a free lance costume and clothing designer. In the late 1960’s I came to western Massachusetts to work in the costume department of the Berkshire Theater Festival in Stockbridge. Falling in love with the area, I returned for another summer, then moved here permanently. For several years I commuted to the city, doing costumes for off Broadway shows and dance companies, gradually finding work locally. 

 A few years ago, I began stringing beads much the same way that I began sewing as a child: I had a vision of what I wanted, but didn’t see it in the stores. The gratification of creating that first turquoise and handmade glass necklace led to a continuing quest for unusual beads and original ways to combine them

.I still enjoy gardening, sewing and restoring my old house, but really, I’d rather be beading.