Dale Chihuly at the Cafesjian Art Trust
Newly opened in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area is the Cafesjian Art Trust. From the website: “the Cafesjian Art Trust was established by Gerard Cafesjian to share his collection of Contemporary and Modern art with the public.” Gerard Cafesjian was a vice president, and then member of the board, for legal publisher West Publishing in…
Native American Beadwork
The Kensington Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota has some really lovely pieces of Native American beadwork and quillwork in their First Peoples exhibit. There weren’t details posted by the pieces, so just enjoy!
Triple cube earrings
I really like these earrings. The cubes are connected by thread, so have some independent movement, and are about 2″ long. I’ve sold a pair, kept a pair, plus have these two left to sell.
Ubuhle Women at the National Czech & Slovak Museum
At the end of last summer, I took a road trip to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library for the sole purpose of seeing this exhibit, “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence.” From the Ubhule website: “What started as a humble project, using traditional skills to create independence and give rural…
Some of my favorite beads
I really like these colors, and have used this combination of vintage Czech and French beads before (sometimes with an olive khaki green). These beads all have a little variance in their colors; the pumpkin orange is not all exactly the same color, and it’s easy to see that is also true with the rich…