Tyler Museum of Art Cherokee beadwork show
The Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas (100 miles east of Dallas) has a show running through August 15th on Cherokee beadwork. It showcases the works of contemporary Cherokee beadwork made by fourteen artists, almost all of them of Cherokee descent. Martha Berry is the guest curator, and there is an article about her…
Finished twisted right angle weave necklace, BFAC 2011
I’m quite pleased with this necklace. The beads selected by Beki from Out on a Whim are beautiful, and were easy to use. My twisted right angle weave stitch variant makes a lovely, flexible rope, with the drop beads adding texture. The pendant and bar of the clasp create strong horizontal lines to contrast with…
Pendant for the twisted right angle weave
I really like how this turned out. The pendant is removable, and looks pleasing with the rope. It also reflects the bar of the clasp. Isn’t it great when a design pulls together?! I’m going to keep playing with photographing this, and then post a photo of the complete piece.
Twisted right angle weave clasp
I’m testing out a light tent and lights; I usually just use Ott-lights on white paper for these blog posts for simplicity. This year for Beading for a Cure, we take our own photographs for the auction, so I’m working on getting good images. I’m still not entirely pleased with this photograph. Anyone have a…
Beaded molecules
Five scientists in Taiwan have a wonderful blog, The Beaded Molecules : the wonderful world of beaded fullerenes, where they show examples of how they use spherical beads to represent represent chemical bonds. Their recent blog post includes pdfs of two articles that they have written — one written in Chinese two years ago, and…