Jasmine Wynne-Evans by Sigrid Wynne-Evans     © January 2007   It is with great pleasure and pride that I introduce my daughter, Jasmine Wynne-Evans to you!

Jasmine has been around beads all of her life, since I began beading just after she was born in 1984. She hates me telling this story, but I like to tell people that she began beading when she was just a baby crawling about on the floor. She would find those runaway beads that would fall to the floor. Sparkely reds, greens, yellows and blues! And she would EAT them. The first time I spotted her doing this, I was horrified. I cursed my housekeeping skills and questioned what kind of a mother I was. I worried about what kind of stomach upset (or worse) that Jasmine would suffer due to my dual lack of basic talents. But fortunalty, it all came out well (pardon the pun) when the next day I marveled at my baby who had the most colorful mess in her diapers!!

Since then, Jasmine has attended all of my classes, both those that I attended and those that I taught. She has sat in classes with David Chatt, Don Pierce, Joyce Scott, Virginia Blakelock. She sat through so many of my classes that she knows all the stitches like a pro. She assisted me at the classes I had at Embellishment, in Alaska, and everywhere else in between.

Sampling of Jasmine's Designs:
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Jasmine is also my second set of eyes when it comes to bead shopping. She often spots the unusual and unique beads I can't live without, long before I spot them. We still love going to bead shows together. When I teeter on if I should buy something or not, she nudges me, and we have then both added beauties to our stashes.

Jasmine is also a great critic of beadwork. She knows when colors go together well, and when a design will work or not. I often will ask her for her opinion, and I will rely on it.

A veteran at doing the Art and Wine Festivals, she can set up my booth faster than any one else who has ever helped me. She knows just how everything goes together and where to hang all my beadwork (and of course hers too). She has sold her own beadwork since she was 5 years old!

Sampling of Jasmine's Designs:
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Always an artist at heart, if Jasmine wasn't beading, she was drawing. In High School, she created quite a controversy! Each student was to paint a ceiling tile. She chose to paint a scene from the Sistine Chapel. Alas! It was a nude. The art teacher appreciated Jasmine's work, but the principle didn't. So down it came. It became such a story that even the local newspaper covered the story.

Jasmine did learn some basic designing on the computer from me. She did create some charming designs. But for now, Jasmine has put aside designing and beadwork. Her life has gone full circle in a sence. She was a youngster when I attended college at the University of California, Davis. Now, she is at college at UC Davis and living just blocks from where we used to live nearly 20 years ago!. She is studying evolutionary anthropology. Having gotten the travel bug from our many travels, she is hoping to study abroad.

Traveling is as much of a passion for Jasmine as it is for me. Together, we have traveled to Germany, Austria, Turkey and Guatemala. She has also been to England, Wales, France,Italy, Greece and even spent 2 weeks with Earthwatch helping with Koala research. And that done with her own savings!

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