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Triangle tube
Here’s another from Diane Fitzgerald’s Zulu Inspired Beadwork, the triangle tube. I apparently didn’t get the step-up right, as it’s twisting. However, I like it this way, so on I go! I wonder if this is how Leslie Frasier did her first twisted herringbone, a fortuitous mistake? The purple, green, and clear are French lusters,…
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Lino Tagliapietra
I’ve now been introduced to this Smithsonian slideshow of this glass artist three times, I think – from the Smithsonian e-newsletter, from a Yahoo group, and a private email. Just in case you haven’t seen it, enjoy the slideshow of work by Lino Tagliapeitra.
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Vielen Dank, Mariposa!
At the end of December, Mariposa generously wrote detailed instructions for these beaded beads, and posted the pdf on her blog here. I was able to make the beads without any translation tools, simply using the exploded diagram on the last page. So I could more easily see where the increases were, I counted the beads…
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Blogs added
A few more… Pearls of Passion Gyöngybagoly gyöngyékszerei Snapdragon Beads This are now more than 100 blogs in the blogroll — but as I use a feed reader, reasonable for me to keep up with, IF I look a couple times/day (not usually a problem for me). There’s 20 showing at any given time in…
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Christmas presents
Here’s some of what I gave away as beaded Christmas presents in addition to the O-rings I gave to coworkers. First are right angle weave pendants with a Japanese chevron in the middle. One side is squared and stiffened with red charlottes (the chevrons have a bit of red), and the other with green. These…