Join TOHO Beads, Teresa Shelton Designs, and River Arts Kamiah, for a free, all-ages community bead-in for peace on Saturday April 18 from 1-4pm during open studio hours. We will be participating in the Global Peace Ring Project by making and joining beaded rings into a portion of a larger Peace Ring chain.
The goal of the TOHO Peace Ring Project is to bring Peace and connect people, one bead, and one link at a time. The hope is for people all around the globe to come together to bead a mile long chain which will be installed at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN on August 6, 2026 (a Day of Peace in Japan, where TOHO Beads are made). This is an important Date in Japanese Culture and one that carries significant meaning for both The US and Japan. The word bead has its roots meaning “to pray”. As we sew the peace rings, may much positive energy be released for peace in the world.
All supplies will be provided during the bead-in. If you’re an experienced beader or new to beads and just want to participate, join us at the studio and we’ll help you make a link (or many links) to add to the chain.
If you can’t make it to the studio, we will have a collection bin at the studio where you can bead your own peace rings or a short chain of linked rings and they will be added to the larger chain before being shipped off to MN for the Grande Connection. Any stitch or beads can be used and each ring should be 1-3 inches long. A mile long chain of beads needs to be sturdy for the installation to last for many years so please no elastic stringing materials and please reinforce your rings with multiple thread passes to help make them extra strong.
Peace rings for the chain will be accepted at River Arts Kamiah until Saturday, June 13 so we have enough time to join all the rings together and prepare them for shipping.
You can find out more about the TOHO Peace Ring Project on the Upper Midwest Bead Society website at
https://www.umbs.org/peace-chain-project.html
This event is drop-in — no registration is required.
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