Tag: netting

  • Bead Around the World 2012

    A lot of people had conflicts this year, so our group was only five beaders. In Bead Around the World, everyone makes a start bead, and the other beaders make a bead to complement that bead, to the originator’s specifications. Here are the start beads: And here’s what I made to go with these beads:…

  • A quick Q&A – with me!

    Here’s a brief Q&A that I did for one of my jobs, library assistant for the American Craft Council: Five Questions With Dulcey Heller. This is the necklace that I’m wearing, which I made over two years ago: I’ve found that I like wearing this necklace with the clasp (flower) off-center, but that doesn’t work…

  • Hand Jewelry: a class with Diane Fitzgerald

    I am fortunate that Diane Fitzgerald had openings in a local workshop, and sent invitations to local beaders to join her — and it worked with my schedule! This is a series of six sessions, with the ultimate goal of creating a piece of jewelry for the back of the hand. This first session, we…

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 4

    Here’s the final group of beaded beads for Bead-around-the-world: This picture is not as good as my other three; I needed to use a different color backdrop than white, as I had a hard time editing the image of a white bead on a white background! The white bead is Britta’s, and peyote, right angle…

  • Bead-around-the-world, group 3

    This third group of beaders from Bead-around-the world all wanted smaller beads. These are the my beads for Angela, Anke, and Inge. Angela’s bead is blue, and a combination of herringbone and peyote. Inge’s is orange, and right angle weave and netting. Anke’s is matte black and crystal, and right angle weave and peyote. All…