Beer necklace, ready for beer…
This Thursday, November 14th, the American Craft Council Library Salon is going to be hosting Fulton Brewing Company and Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts in “An Evening of Craft Brewing and Glassmaking.” Members of Fulton will be telling their craft beer story, and what goes into making an excellent craft beer and the future…
Beer necklace! (component stage)
There is a story in this: one of my jobs is working in the American Craft Council Library, which is in the Grain Belt Brewery building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Grain Belt beer was first brewed in 1893, and it was made in the Minneapolis building until 1976. It is still being made, now by August…
Fused glass plates
In September, I took a glass fusing class from The Goddess of Glass in north Minneapolis. Scrolling down past this entry, you can see I haven’t been doing much productive beading lately, and I wanted to do something fun and creative, but without any real expectations of myself. I simply expected to make plates in…
November is here again
The last two Novembers, I’ve tried to reinforce or reinvigorate my beading “practice.” 2011 was moderately successful. 2012? Not so much. So here we are in 2013… My work schedule has increased, but that’s not a good enough reason to not be beading and blogging regularly. I’ve been in a beading slump, and though I…
The Wegmans at the American Craft Council Show
In my continuing and intermittent effort to catch up, here are some pictures of work done by Tom and Kathy Wegman. These were for sale in their booth at the American Craft Council Show in St. Paul, MN this past April. I have enjoyed their work many times before, as they live in Iowa. Enjoy!…