Your cart is currently empty!
-
Pearls, toothpicks, rubber, and wire
I wanted to do something little and fun. I came across some half-drilled pearls, a gift from a friend, and remembered seeing something like skewers with pearls glued on the end. Kelly helped me remember that the cover image below is what I was remembering: I checked this book out from the library a while…
-
Hang the Moon
Check out what my friend Cyndi Lavin did with the bail I designed for the open Swarovski square: Photograph by Cyndi Lavin, used with permission. I love it! Here are her instructions. If you don’t already have the bail instructions (B&B Creative Beading vol 4, or B&B December 2007), you can purchase them from Buy…
-
Saraguro beadwork
Mary Tafoya just posted about going to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, where she got to see oodles of Saraguro beadwork, and met some of the artists. Mary took some beautiful pictures; that would be an exhibit of beadwork to see! I’ve seen several collars in person. Linda Belote is an Anthropology professor…
-
BFAC 2010, complete
It’s done! The finished length is 17″, with another two inches available with the sterling chain at the back. The clasp is also sterling, and the stained glass components are made by Carol Dosse using lead-free solder. The back pendant showcases lampwork by Laurie B. Smith. As the rules for Beading for a Cure state,…
-
BFAC 2010, step 5
The right side is done! And I’ve made two of the six fans of bugle beads needed for the left. I hope to be done and have it mailed by Friday.