While exploring Thailand, I visited the artistic Akha tribe.  Akha women, known for their embroidery skills, are notorious for their magnificent headdress artifacts, a heirloom passed-on from generation to generation. I tried purchasing an original headpiece from the tribal women, determined and willing to pay a high price; however, my persuasion failed. I learned first hand about the deep emotional significance of such tradition, an inherited honor money should never be able to buy, as it would deprive these women from keeping and passing along the tradition to their offspring. Instead, I agreed to buy their beautiful replicas. Once back home, I confronted the dilemma of how to display such headpieces. That's when my favorite creative challenge began. Decorative beaded heads would wear and display the ethnic headpieces. The laborious heads, with thousands of beads and pins, heavy-weight art pieces in themselves, became a conversation piece and to this day receive high accolades. With proper lead time, beaded heads can be made-to-order, either to display tribal headpieces, or as unique stand-alone pieces of art.