Molly Murphy
Molly Murphy’s work is beautiful, creative, and immaculate. She’s an Oglala artist from Montana, and makes traditional and non-traditional objects with a modern twist. She won the Best of Show award AND second place at the Heard Museum Fair and Market in Phoenix, a very large, prestigious show. Best of Show was this cradleboard, “Past…
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!
Jewelry at Historic New England
Looking at other time periods’ and cultures’ jewelry can be inspirational. In Jewelry at Historical New England (located in Boston), there’s a couple of things I really like — there’s a pair of earrings circa 1885 that would translate well to beads and wire. The seed pearl brooches from 1823 are great (though I wish…
Not serious beading, but fun!
I haven’t been doing that much beading lately, and miss it. I needed a reward for doing a disliked task (mending), so at the fabric store, while picking up thread, grabbed these buttons. A few minutes of peyote later, and I have a ring!
Bead Museum Arizona needs help
The Bead Museum in Arizona has a serious shortage of funds. Below is a letter from Alice Scherer to the bead community, asking for help. To read how the Bead Museum has strongly influenced one person’s life, read Andrea Adams’ post. I was planning a trip within the next year or two to visit for…