Nebraska State Historical Society collections online
The Nebraska State Historical Society announced that they’ve put images of more than 2,400 of their Native American artifacts online. I did a quick search of the database, entering “beaded” in the title field of the advanced search option, and retrieved 725 records. I’d love to be able to zoom in closer, but it’s still…
Crop art at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair
I keep meaning to share a few of the pictures I took of the crop art at this year’s Minnesota State Fair. For those of you unfamiliar with it, crop art uses the seeds of various crops and glues them to a surface to make an image. The queen of crop art was Lillian Colton,…
Green pendant, finished
Back in July, I blogged about purchasing an unidentified green pendant, which I think is gaspeite. Catherine Bond volunteered to make a kumihimo braid to make the rope from which to hang it. Here it is! Works great, don’t you think? She did a great job of making something that really suits the pendant without…
And some more blogs
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Palawan toggle?
Remue-ménage recently published a design on her blog entitled Palawan, a very sleek-looking 4-around herringbone that encapsulates larger beads. Her instructions are here. The diagrams are plenty, if you’re like me and don’t speak French. Below is my attempt — which I may or may not use — to make the ring part of a…