Renewing What They Gave Us: Native American Artists in Residence at the Minnesota History Center
At the Minnesota History Center until April 22, 2018 is this exhibition by Native American Artists and their apprentices, “Renewing What They Gave Us.” This exhibition is in conjunction with the Native American Artist-in-Residence Program (NAAIR), exposing the selected artists to traditional works in the Minnesota Historical Society Collection. There are two minute videos about each…
Occasional beadwork project: crocheted beads
Not what you expected from the title, right? I’m beading a long chain of 4-around peyote, and then using chain stitch to make a chain. I think. It takes 18″ of rope to make these 3″ of chain stitch.
Sonya Clark’s Beaded Prayers Project
Until November 17th, Sonya Clark’s Beaded Prayers Project is on display at the Eli Marsh Gallery at Amherst College in Boston. The project is now 20 years old, and contains the prayers/wishes/hopes of over 5,000 people from over 36 countries, sewn and beaded into a packet. Participants made two prayers – one to send to…
Sprang at the Textile Center
I like taking classes and learning new techniques. I enjoy the process of learning, and I’ve tried various things over the years. This time, I tried sprang, a technique that has been used throughout much of the world and dates back to at least the Bronze Age. The Weavers Guild of Minnesota offers a series…
SAORI Six
A gift for a friend – it has been opened and I can share. This is mostly cotton, some rayon, a little superwash wool. It could be a shawl, or it could be cut up and made into something. I’ve got some single strands of heavier weight yarn inlays, a little bit of clasped weft…