News — andrew thornton

Our very own Andrew Thornton and Sara Oehler of Soft Flex Company were chatting one day and came up with an idea to have a virtual event featuring some of our friends from the beading community! It grew into The Great Bead Extravaganza! Over the course of three days, there will be 17 presenters, giveaways, demos, coupons, and all kinds of really wonderful content! Want to play along? You have to join the group! This event takes place November 6th - 8th. Can’t make it live or can’t stay for over 25 hours of beady goodness? No worries! Much of...

A few weeks ago, we started a collection on our website called Andrew's Picks. These are beads, jewelry, pendants, charms, or anything that Andrew finds in the store that he really loves. As some of you know, Andrew runs the store on Tuesdays while William works his other job, so this gives him time to chose some new favorites nearly every week.  Once a new collection is chosen, the previous items disappear from the website and are restock on the store floor for in-store sales. So, these are items that have a limited lifespan on the website. We think our...

There's been a lot going on here at Allegory Gallery, and if you follow us on social media, you couldn't be blamed for missing some posts here and there! But, we wanted to make sure you were up to date with the artwork that Andrew's been making for MerMay! You can see everything available for MerMay in the online store, but we wanted to highlight some of Andrew's works here for you.  This is The Rock Stacker, and the original has sold, but we are still offering prints in the online store, and a portion of each sale will go...