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…
19″ of twisted right angle weave, waiting for a clasp
I think I’m at the full length, a little over 19″. Next up, a beaded bar and toggle clasp, hopefully this weekend.
Contemporary Beadwork II: “Wearable Art”
One of the current shows at the 18 Hands Gallery in Houson, Texas is on wearable beadwork art. Contemporary Beadwork II showcases bead artists from the area and and across the country. Juried by Jeannette Cook, it looks like a great show to see. It’s on view until the end of July.
Introducing a new beading stitch variant: twisted right angle weave
I am so very pleased that this idea worked! I purchased some of those small peanut-shaped beads a few weeks ago, and designed this stitch variant for them. I wasn’t very excited with my Beading for a Cure project as it was — I think the idea would still work, but I was forcing the…
Green stone pendant
I’ve told myself that I cannot start another project now. I must work on Beading for a Cure! I found this stone pendant today with no identification. I don’t know stones very well; my guess is that it’s perhaps variscite? (edit: now I think it’s gaspeite.) Sorry for the glare on the stone. The bail…