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BFAC 2010 idea
Here’s where I’m going with my BFAC 2010 project: My stained glass artist friend, Carol, made several pendants for me in the color scheme of the kit — I provided her with the fan of beads above, and a sample of those beads not included in the fan. The rose montees are placed on the…
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Beading for a Cure 2010
Auctions are complete, and the kits are (long ago!) purchased and distributed to those of us participating in the project. Beading for a Cure is a creative fundraiser for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association in honor of Layne Schilling, a beader lost to the disease. Beaders buy a kit of unknown contents, and are…
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The History and Artistry of Plains Indian Beadwork
This show just opened at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s Center for Great Plains Studies. It will be on display at their Great Plains Art Museum until August 30th. It includes historic pieces from their permanent collection, and contemporary work from artisan Mark Awakuni-Swetland. Nebraska StatePaper.com has a brief article about the show.
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Impressionist earrings
I assembled the blue earrings from the beautiful pile of blue French beads in an earlier post. They are from Jean Campbell and Judith Durant, Beadwork inspired by art : Impressionist. It’s a beautiful, full earring, lovely motion and texture. I went to a talk by Jean Campbell in February about using art as inspiration…
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Another list of blogs
Here’s two more, added to this blogroll and my feed reader…. Cieolo Design Beverly Ash Gilbert