Beading for a Cure auctions start tomorrow!
Auctions for BFAC start tomorrow, March 1st. Every year, participants buy the same kit, of unknown beads. From the Beading for a Cure website: Layne’s Legacy is an annual beading challenge dedicated to raising money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association in honor of our friend Layne Shilling, who lost her battle with colorectal…
Blogs again
Here’s some more I’ve added to the rotating blogroll and my feed reader: Maritina Alles Meins (love this, “all mine”) Meine Perlenwelt Jennifer Beaven (textiles, color inspiration)
Split Rock 2009
I received an email this morning that registration was open for Split Rock, sessions held on campus at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, or the Cloquet Forestry Center south of Duluth, MN. I have taken classes from Joyce Scott and David Chatt through Split Rock (in their former location at the University of Minnesota…
Beadwork inspired by art – Jean Campbell
Jean Campbell’s talk was mostly about her design process, using art as inspiration, heavily illustrated with slides, and many of the actual pieces that are in these books; the Art Nouveau bracelet above was one such piece. She started with talking about her background, that she went to an experimental art school in Los Angeles,…
Turquoise tubes
I bought these fat white heart tubes a while ago, the seller thought they were either Czech or French. I’m guessing Czech, but I’m really not that knowledgeable. They’re large in diameter, with large holes. A 15 would fit inside. I’ve been messing around with paper and pencil, and then with beads, trying to figure…