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Focus on Fibers
First, a little about the Foundation: the McKnight Foundation is a Minnesota-based private family foundation. It works towards improving the quality of life for all people, especially those in need; strengthen children, families and communities in the Twin Cities region (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN); enrich people’s lives through the arts; encourage protection of the natural environment; and…
Hungarian translation added
The upgrade on the translation plugin I use just added Hungarian. It takes a bit of time to translate it for the first time — but I know that there’s lots of Hungarian beaders, and occasionally I see a link coming in from Google translator from English to Hungarian. Cool! Thanks, Global Translator plugin!
Polymer clay in AmericanStyle
The April 2009 issue of AmericanStyle magazine features polymer clay in its Arts Focus. Most, if not all, of the images are available online! Take a look if you’d like — my favorites are the Nudibranch bracelet from Melanie West, “From The Sea,” a shell by Jana Robers Benzon, and “Horizontal Hibiscus” by Kathleen Dustin. …
Pearl Carpet of Baroda sold
Sotheby’s reports that it sold for $5,458,500 U.S.! I wonder if it will end up in a museum, or in a private collection?
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…