Category: Artists

  • New steampunk book by Jean Campbell

    It’s at the publisher’s!  Read a bit more on Jean’s blog.

  • Ignoring the hole on a perfectly good bead

    In my feed reader, I found this post, from Lumina in Budapest, and wanted to play with the idea.  I used a bezel that was inspired by some French bezels (sorry, I no longer have the link), which I also used in my rings.  I did use the hole to help anchor the band of…

  • Molly Murphy

    Molly Murphy’s work is beautiful, creative, and immaculate.  She’s an Oglala artist from Montana, and makes traditional and non-traditional objects with a modern twist.  She won the Best of Show award AND second place at the Heard Museum Fair and Market in Phoenix, a very large, prestigious show.  Best of Show was this cradleboard, “Past…

  • More bead blogs to enjoy

    Here’s some more I’ve added to this blog and to my feed reader: Fákó.Orsi gyöngei Cent perles et moi MadDesigns (Marcia DeCoster)

  • Web and Flow

    Web and Flow is the name of the current gallery show at the Minnesota Textile Center, showcasing artists’ baskets from around the country, on display until April 18th. Pictures were not allowed, but I’ll describe a few of the more unusual ones, with links if I can find them: Cathleen Michel made a basket primarily…