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Ubuhle bentsimbi: The beauty of beads
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is currently showing an exhibit entitled “Ubuhle bentsimbi: The beauty of beads.” It highlights southern Nguni beadwork highlights from the Eastern Cape. The exhibition will be accompanied by demonstrations of traditional beading techniques. The show goes through October 10th.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Art in Bloom 2010
I recently visited the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts for their Art in Bloom exhibition, where florists interpret Museum holdings in flowers. Click on any picture to enlarge! Here are links to previous years’ photos, if you’re interested — it’s fun to see different floral interpretations of the same piece of art: 2009 Art in…
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Permanent finish galvanized beads failure
Less than two days of wear with this ring made of the permanent galvanized Tohos, and this is how the ring looks: A detail of the damage: I was very hard on this ring as I wanted to see what the beads will withstand: I lifted weights (not rubber-coated), showered, did dishes, and cleaned, including…
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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
The mineral specimens were my favorite part of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: The Hope Diamond and other outstanding examples of gems, set into jewelry and displayed as cut gems are also on display. This is the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond, perhaps from the same mine as the Hope: And my final picture from this museum…