Nancy Eha’s beaded Minnesota quilt
Nancy is working on a quilt of all things Minnesota! She is going to make nine 15″ blocks for exhibit in Minnesota Contemporary Art Quilts, which starts October 2, 2010. It will be on display in the gallery at the James J Hill house, a wonderful house to tour on Summit in St. Paul. Watch…
Aquamarine earrings and more photography
Okay, here’s with new lights: No color tweaking, just lightening it a little. These bulbs are significantly better (30 watt and 5000K), the color is good, but I want a whiter background than this. Part of the problem is that these tabletop light stands are 17″ above the surface of the table. In previous light…
Fine Arts at the Minnesota State Fair 2010
Today is the last day of the Minnesota State Fair, and following are a few of my favorite bead/textile/glass/wood items from the collection. This is extremely hard to jury into, with very stiff competition. Congratulations to all who made it! Some of my favorite things from the collection below: I love seeing the beaded art…
Doug Limòn, American Indian artist
Limòn is an area artist, a descendant of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. He and his wife Rachel are both artists; Doug learning bead looming from his mother at age five, and later learning appliqué on paper style of beading. White Bear Press recently…
Orange earrings
I realized a while ago that I had no all-orange earrings. I wear orange, so I’m not quite sure how this happened! Time to remedy this shortcoming in my jewelry. These are orange rubber o-rings, with four different colors of orange beads brick stitched around the ring. I have three different orange beading threads (!),…