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Nancy Eha at Contemporary Art Quilts exhibit
On Thursday, January 20th, bead and mixed media artist Nancy Eha will be at the artist reception for Contemporary Art Quilts. The curator will speak at 6:30 p.m., followed by a question and answer period with the artists. The exhibit is at the James J. Hill house (magnificent house of the railroad baron), and includes…
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Northern Virginia Bead Society Exhibition
Through January 29th, the Workhorse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia is hosting the results of the Northern Virginia Bead Society challenge. In this annual challenge, bead society members start with a kit of all the same beads, and everything in the bag must be used the finished piece. No images at the NVBS or Workhorse…
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Mid Century shape and color at MIA
On a recent trip to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, I stopped in the gallery with an exhibit of Mid Century textiles. I enjoyed the textiles, but really loved the shape and color of the glazed pottery in the center of the gallery. This is Red Wing Pottery (from here in Minnesota), designed by…
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Kumihimo sample, plus beads!
With the braiding disk came some cotton yarn in three colors, fuchsia, green, and gray. There was twice as much fuchsia as the other colors, so I chose this pattern in a simple 8-strand braid. This was easy to keep smooth with the thicker diameter of the fiber, and actually more consistent than later the…