Nancy opened her talk at the Minnesota Textile Center by saying that she has always done needlework, and listed many different kinds.  She said typically, she’d spend two years on a particular form, and then move on.  Her first introduction to beads was actually at the Mall of America and the now-closed Bead It —…

Jean Campbell’s talk was mostly about her design process, using art as inspiration, heavily illustrated with slides, and many of the actual pieces that are in these books; the Art Nouveau bracelet above was one such piece.  She started with talking about her background, that she went to an experimental art school in Los Angeles,…