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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…
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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 (!),…
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Beading and more at the Minnesota State Fair 2010
Here’s a gallery of photos of beadwork I enjoyed at the State Fair in the Creative Activities building – as well as a gorgeous piece of slumped glass (looks like a Jo Wood piece), a knitted deer head (really!), Minnesota’s most famous canned meat, and more. I’ll be heading back later in the Fair’s run…
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Marsha Wiest-Hines wins first place in the Fine Arts at the Minnesota State Fair!
I was delighted to read that Marsha won in the new category, Art Jewelry. It is very hard to even jury into the Fine Arts competition at the Minnesota State Fair (something like 15% of entries were accepted last year); the competition is fierce. Congratulations to Marsha of Haute Ice Beadwork for winning! She also…
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Jewelry inspiration and more Perakanan beadwork
I enjoy browsing jewelry books of other time periods and cultures for inspiration. Most recently, I checked out The Jewelry of Southeast Asia by Anne Richter from my library. There’s some great stuff in here, gorgeous gold and silver, strung beads — some imposing and heavy, some light and airy. There are a couple pictures…