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Beadwork at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
I visited MIA last week, during the last week of the Art of the Native American special exhibit. The pieces on display are owned by the Fenimore Art Museum, and photography was not allowed (MIA permits photos of items that they own). There were examples of the finest beadwork, quillwork, basket making, weaving, and more…
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Glass bead artist exhibition ending soon in Immenhausen, Germany
There’s an international invitational exhibition of glass beads at the Immenhausen Glass Museum in Germany. Seven glass sculptors were challenged to work on the scale of glass bead artists; the artists come from all over the world, and they and the bead artists are presenting their interpretation of Shakespeare’s Tempest in one glass bead each.…
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Fused glass plus kumihimo
Carol, my friend who makes stained glass, made this pendant for me for Christmas. I love it! I received a foam kumihimo loom for Christmas, and tried it Christmas day. After making 8-strand round braid sample with the yarn provided in the kumihimo kit, I looked at my small stash of cotton embroidery floss for…