Wordsmith: a meeting of jewelry and literature
This spring, Paper Darts Literary Magazine, curator Ann Tozer, and jeweler Stephanie Voegele will present a collaborative exhibition exploring the connections between literature and art jewelry. They wanted work from jewelers “concerned with issues of text, literature and storytelling and writers who engage with ideas that surround jewelry, objects and the body. Displaying these two…
Blackfoot bead artist Jackie Larson Bread at the C.M. Russell Museum
I remember reading in the last year or so that the Charlie Russell Museum purchased Jackie Larson Bread’s beaded war shirt. It’s a masterful piece of beadwork. It won best of division at the Cherokee Art Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and shortly thereafter was purchased by the C.M. Russell Museum. I actually have been to…
Online inspiration in the American Craft Council Library digital archives
I work as a librarian in two different jobs, one of which is for the American Craft Council Library. The ACC Library has many resources available to the public, if you are able to visit our location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are books, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, and artists files (possibly including photographs, slides, resumes, exhibition…
Alphabet false starts
I wanted to bead some letters for a possible project, and here are my first attempts. Here’s my false starts, from left to right: Because I like to make things difficult, I started with trying to make a curve for a cursive “A” using brick stitch. I’m sure it’s possible, but it’s certainly not easy!…
Two new glass exhibits at the McClung Museum in Tennessee
The McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, on campus at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, recently opened TWO new glass exhibits. Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean explores ancient glass with thirty pieces from the Yale University Art Gallery. It features objects from ancient Egypt and the Roman and Byzantine Empires, where glassmaking underwent…