Hi, I'm Susan Malcik, and I have made necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and other jewelry from antique, vintage, and curious contemporary beads for many years. In 1980 my husband and I joined the Peace Corps and moved to The Gambia, West Africa. I fell in love with the people, the food, the culture, and the way women adorned themselves. Very quickly I discovered I had radar for strange and unusual b
eads. State Department, we lived in Cameroon, India, Barbados, Sénégal, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Germany, Afghanistan, Sweden, and France, and all the while I spent countless hours in places these treasure could still be found - from the flea markets of Europe to Chor Bazaar, one of the largest flea markets in India (located in Mumbai, chor means thief in Hindi), into the bowels of some of the largest markets in West and East Africa, deep into the Sahara desert to Timbuktu, along the pilgrim's route through Ethiopia and into Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Somaliland, and across the Red Sea to Yemen and Dubai. I am now selling my fabulous bead collection, slowly posting info on my beads on this page, and onto my website, www.susanmalcikATX.com. Please take a look and message me if you want more info.
