Judith Bertoglio-Giffin at the Bead Society of San Diego County
I attended Judith Bertoglio-Giffin’s talk recently at the Bead Society of San Diego County. She talked about her beadwork, the history of bead crochet, and about bead crochet today. In the 1850’s, crocheted beaded bags were a cottage industry. 1905 was the first instance of a printed beadwork instruction, and beads came roaring back in…
The Bead Museum at the Mingei, updated
I was at the last meeting of the Bead Society of San Diego County, where the president of the Mingei International Museum (I believe the speaker was the president, but I missed his introduction) made the announcement to the Bead Society about the Bead Museum’s collection now being a part of the Mingei. From my…
Beading for a Cure auctions!
The auctions for Beading for a Cure began last week. It is an annual beading challenge dedicated to raising money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association in honor of beader Layne Shilling, who lost her battle with colorectal cancer in November 2002. The basic idea is this: all beaders purchase the same kit of…
Bead-around-the-world, group 4
Here’s the final group of beaded beads for Bead-around-the-world: This picture is not as good as my other three; I needed to use a different color backdrop than white, as I had a hard time editing the image of a white bead on a white background! The white bead is Britta’s, and peyote, right angle…
Bead-around-the-world, group 3
This third group of beaders from Bead-around-the world all wanted smaller beads. These are the my beads for Angela, Anke, and Inge. Angela’s bead is blue, and a combination of herringbone and peyote. Inge’s is orange, and right angle weave and netting. Anke’s is matte black and crystal, and right angle weave and peyote. All…