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Suface Design Association Confluence sessions announced
The Surface Design Association’s annual conference is going to be held in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, with associated activities June 4-17, 2011. The sessions for Confluence have recently been announced. There’s pre-conference workshops June 4-8, an exhibition on June 9, conference sessions June 9-12, and more workshops after the conference, until the 17th. For…
Jewelry inspiration and more Perakanan beadwork
I enjoy browsing jewelry books of other time periods and cultures for inspiration. Most recently, I checked out The Jewelry of Southeast Asia by Anne Richter from my library. There’s some great stuff in here, gorgeous gold and silver, strung beads — some imposing and heavy, some light and airy. There are a couple pictures…
Borneo International Beads Conference
I was browsing for Peranakan beadwork (I wrote about it first here), beadwork done by immigrant Chinese in Indonesia and Singapore, and Malaysia, I believe. A series of clicks led me to the Borneo International Beads Conference held October 9-10 in Malaysia. Experts will speak on heirloom beads of the area, Nyonya beadwork (the name…
Diane Fitzgerald at the Textile Center
For those of you in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, Diane is the featured author at an author bag lunch at the Minnesota Textile Center on February 23rd, noon to 1pm. Her most recent book is Shaped Beadwork: dimensional jewelry with peyote stitch. I should be able to attend; I’ll bring my copy and have…
Gwen Fisher in Laramie
Anyone going to be in Laramie, Wyoming tomorrow and Friday?? I just saw on Gwen’s blog that she’s presenting at Wyoming Mathematics, Statistics and Science, Articulation Conference at the Laramie County Community College. The title is “When a Mathematician Weaves Beads,” using art in the math classroom. I’d love to be there!