Contemporary Art Quilts at the James J. Hill House
James J. Hill, railway magnate, completed his showcase house in St. Paul, MN in 1891. One reason he built it is to house his very impressive art collection; on a previous tour, a guide told us that the value of the art was worth more than the house — and this is a house of…
Laughing at myself
I had this design idea of layered, interlocking diamonds, and came up with this: About halfway through, I realized that this sample, where I went around each element twice, adding the corner turquoise beads on the second pass to create the diamond, was simply a wholly unnecessary way to do what visually looks like netting.…
Teri Greeves at the O’Kayne Gallery
Teri Greeves, an enrolled Kiowa, is displaying her beadwork at the O’Kayne Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown. I believe she had high-heeled beaded tennis shoes on display at Bead & Button one year? I really like the expression she can get, even in works with no facial features, as in these images from a…
More bead blogs to follow
Here’s some more, added to my feed reader and this blogroll: Kickys Pearly Stuff Perlenzauber inKetten
Bumpy bead
So, is this a bumpy bead like a lot of lampwork you see? Sort of warring states-ish? Whichever, it’s a lot of fun! It’s a combination of right angle weave and square stitch. It may be made in a similar way as Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Ootheca pieces; I don’t know, I haven’t seen her instructions. The…