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American Craft Council members open house
In the Twin Cities and a member of American Craft Council and want to see the library? There’s an open house next Thursday, December 9th from 6-8pm at their new home in the Grain Belt Brewery. The postcard I have reads “Learn about the great resources of the American Craft Council Library, hear from our…
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2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibition of Mathematical Art
On January 6-9, mathematical art will be on display in New Orleans at the Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibition of Mathematical Art. I think this would be great fun to see! I see wood, metal, plastic, paper — and beads! Gwen Fisher will have beaded ionic polyhedra on display, 12 beads from 11mm to 33mm in…
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Albion stitch wave bead
I recently purchased a book by Heather Kingsley-Heath, Albion Stitch Book Two. (There is a Book One, which I don’t have.) It’s a full-color spiral-bound book, with excellently-designed projects based the stitch she’s named the Albion stitch. It looks to be based on an African stitch — Diane Fitzgerald describes in Zulu Inspired Beadwork how…
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Please help the 9/11 Bead Quilt Project!
Andrea Adams, the creator and force behind the 9/11 Memorial Bead Quilt, is asking for some help. The Bead Quilt was a project to remember and honor 9/11 victims, their families, and the heroes that emerged. It began with Andrea hoping to make a small quilt, and ended up with 576 squares from beaders around…