Tila bracelet experiment
So, here’s some Tila experimenting I’ve been doing. I like the design! Ignore the (lack of) clasp. This makes, I believe, 3 bracelets sitting here waiting for clasp inspiration. Try this image, instead: Looks complete in this one!
Installation at the Weisman
As you enter the Weisman Art Museum on campus of the University of Minnesota, this is what is directly to the left of the main desk: Walk around the wall and look straight right, and you see this: Back up and get a wider view, and this is what you see: Still further back: And…
Swirl beaded basket
Pretty thing, isn’t it? Last summer, when I took a class from Diane Fitzgerald, she gave us these instructions that are in the April/May Beadwork magazine. This is the piece that I made at that time; I knew they were going to be in Beadwork, so I waited to post this. The beads are Italian,…
More on tambour work
The latest issue of Piecework, an Interweave Press publication, caught my eye yesterday. Tambour embroidery is on the cover! And the article is by Bob Haven, who has commented on tambour beading posts on this blog. He writes of its history and basic technique, tambour hook and stitches, fabrics and frames. A project article follows,…
Curved plane experiment
It’s not exactly what I envisioned, but it works. I may use this idea for something, sometime.