Marcia DeCoster
of MadDesigns

Her love for beautiful jewelry and a life long passion to create brought Marcia to beads in the early 1990’s. As the Mar half of MarLin beads, she and Linda (the Lin half) enjoyed creating and teaching. They still enjoy their great friendship but Linda's schedule no longer permits her to join in their teaching expeditions.

Marcia continues to design colorful and fun to wear jewelry and shares her designs through teaching. Recognizing that everyone learns differently, great care is taken to provide clear, concise and comprehensive instructions, graphics and text as well as a colored picture of the piece.

Her work has been published in Jane Davis' Complete Book of Beading and Carol Wilcox Wells' The Art and Elegance of Bead Weaving. She has also published two well received bead calendars, 2001 A Bead Odyssey and 2003, The Bead Goes On.

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You can see more examples of Marcia's work at her website http://marcia.decoster.org.