African beadwork at South Dakota State University
African Beads & Beadwork: Jewels of a Continent features more than 50 pieces (along with photographs), including beaded blankets, aprons, headdresses and dolls from western and northern African countries. The exhibit is on display until August 28th at SDSU in Brookings, South Dakota.
Carolyn Kallenborn at the Gordon Parks Gallery
Many local galleries had exhibits to coincide with the Surface Design Association conference that was held in Minneapolis the first half of June. One of these exhibits was Esperanza, by Carolyn Kallenborn, held at the Gordon Parks Gallery at the St. Paul campus of Metropolitan State University. From the show information: “The work in this…
A small gift
I made this beaded bead for a gift — it should have been received by its recipient by now! I picture it strung on a leather cord. Earlier this week, I went to four galleries, all worthy of a blog post. I also have my hand jewelry piece progressed enough to need another photo. Time…
Bead blogs to enjoy
Here’s the most recent bead blogs I’ve added to my feed reader and to this blogroll: Solidbeads NemVal gyöngyei szidóniaékszer NoNa
Beaded gifts three….
I had three people for whom I wanted to make beaded gifts. The center beads are Swarovski in various configurations. I like them all, but I’m rather partial to the green, I think.