Bead-around-the-world, group 2
Here’s the second group of beaded beads for the Bead-around-the-world beaded bead exchange: These are for Angelica (the bottom black one), and Ulli (the green one, which is a significantly darker and more olive green than the photo, but I had to lighten it to see anything of the detail of the black beads). All…
Bead-around-the-world, group 1
Bead-around-the-world is a group in which I participated, where most of the participants are in Germany. Each person makes a starter beaded bead, and the rest of the beaders makes a bead to compliment that bead. We send our beads to our host, Angelica, and she puts the sets together and sends them to their…
Bead-around-the-world beaders
I’ve received permission to post pictures of the beads I’ve made for Bead-around the world! Before that, here’s the blogs of the other Bead-around-the-world beaders, if you’d like to browse: Angelica (hostess) Britta Inge Marylou Renata Sylvia Tynchen Ulli (she has posted the beads she has received) Other participants are Angela, Anke, and Ute; they…
Blue beaded fans, step 1
So building off the fan pendant I recently made, here’s a few elements to combine for a bracelet. I’ll likely finish this as a bracelet — but I think I like the pendant better, the shapes are more interesting to me with only two fans. It runs through my mind that I have no idea…
The Mingei is the new home for the Bead Museum collection
The Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California, is the new home for the Bead Museum collection! The Mingei is a folk art, craft, and design museum in Balboa Park, where many of San Diego’s museums are located. The first time the newly incorporated collection will be seen is the New Jewelry New Medium polymer…