Beading daily in November
Beading daily this November didn’t work for me. I was able to maintain the first two+ weeks (minus two days, I believe), but the second half of November just didn’t work. Why? Mostly because my mental energies were elsewhere. I am busy, but I could have found some time. I wish I could have done…
Rug palette
I’ve done this a few times, where I take a picture of a rug (usually), and build a palette using its colors. Sometimes I make something with that palette, but not always. This rug is from the Iowa Old Capitol in Iowa City, Iowa. The University of Iowa campus is built around the building, which…
Failure in pink
Actually, I discovered two ways that don’t work for a beaded bead. I think I can probably find more! I like the dodecahedron, but I can barely wedge the needle into the 8s. I can’t fight it for all the rest of the sides.
Adele Denton profiled in UK’s Craft&Design
The November/December 2012 issue of Craft&Design has a two-page spread on bead artist Adele Denton. She won a Judges Choice award at the 2012 Jersey Textile Showcase for “Year of the Wood Dragon,” an elaborate bead embroidered dimensional piece. The article is not online, but there is a profile of Denton available. If you can…
National Park souvenir
Hiking in a lovely western national park this summer, I found this indigenous rhinestone ball. (It had a hook on it, which I cut off.) Breaking park rules, I removed this from its natural habitat, brought it home, and made a ring, using beads which reminded me of the pine forests that I hiked through.