Tambour beading update
Robert Haven is a costume technologist, Associate Professor of Costume Technology at the University of Kentucky. His website is rich in photographs and descriptions of his work. Robert recently read my earlier post on tambour beading, and introduced himself in the comments. He has studied with the granddaughter of a Puerto Rican tambour embroiderer, and…
False starts in green
Sounds like the name of a piece of art, doesn’t it? Nope, it is what it is. I had an idea which entailed draping layers of right angle weave (which is why there are three rectangles of right angle weave). The rope is twisted herringbone. I’m trying again, this time with brick stitch and square…
Beadwork Magazine – The Beaded Book
The results of the juried show, Beadwork VI: The Beaded Book are now available online. Enjoy the slideshow!
Marcus Amerman at the Museum of Glass
Reading on Marcus’s blog, I wish I were in Tacoma, Washington! Marcus (Choctaw) and Preston Singletary (Tlingit) will be collaborating in the museum’s visiting artist’s program on November 11-15. I am looking forward to seeing the results of that collaboration.
More duct tape wallets!
About a year and half ago, I made Bruno a duct tape wallet to replace an earlier one, which I’d also made. It’s in this earlier post, with a few pictures of the process. His has worn out, I made two more. I sent him the purple wallet, and the blue wallet in the earlier…