Vivek,
I waited a few days to see if anyone else was going to respond to
your question. Let me tackle your question in different segments.
First, on the simple answer, as far as I’m aware of, there is no
magazine that produces a “Top 25 Beaders”. I’ve been making
beaded/bridge jewelry for about 5 years now, and have a pretty
extensive mag collection. I don’t subscribe to Niche, that may be one
that does it-I don’t know.
Second, I’m not sure how a Top # list could be compiled. If it were
purely by sales, then that artist probably already appears in mags
like Accessories. The question begs do sales equate to great
artistry?
There are also a lot of genre’s of beaded jewelry. I don’t mean just
the simple strand beads on a necklace and voila! You have people like
Sherri Serrafini (forgive my misspelling of her name) and her
fantastic beaded collars, or other who take more than just beads and
create jewelry with other media to make incredible pieces of artwork.
It would be a challenging and tough job to create a Top # list.
I had hoped more people would have responded to this question-it is
an interesting one, and regardless of whether it’s about beaded
jewelry, bridge jewelry, or fine jewelry, it’s a very good question.
Miachelle