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Rock art
Rock art (rock painting or carving/chipping) is more common in drier regions of the country than the Upper Midwest — more exposed rock! It was a treat to see rock art on a recent trip; the most notable location was Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument in Utah. Newspaper Rock includes rock art from 2000 to…
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Native beadwork
Beadwork in Minnesota is most often from the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) tribe. During my recent trip, I saw only a little beadwork. Ute (Colorado) Paiute (Utah):
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Petrified wood
I recently got back from a vacation to the western United States. This is one of three upcoming posts relating to that vacation. First, the most picture-intense post… I fell in love with the petrified wood ALL over the place in Escalante Petrified Forest State Park in Utah. Logs, stumps, branches, pieces — tumbled all…
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Playing with lava
I bought some strands of lava beads from Rings and Things, and wanted to try a pendant (or something) with a few of them. Here are the results!
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Double netting
Angelica, inspired by the flat double netting in Diane Fitzgerald’s Netted Beadwork, has created and written instructions for tubular double netting. I love the effect. She wrote her free instructions in German and English, and the blog post that details how to download them is here — the website requires full name and address to…