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I usually wait a day or two to post my newsletter here after sending it via the mailing list. That's so subscribers have first chance at any sale items or special offerings. This is one of the newsletters I missed.
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New Tutorial!
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<b><i>Tembleques - Beaded Flowers of Panama</i></b>
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Tembleques are beaded flowers that make up the headdress of La Pollera, the national costume of Panama.
These techniques may look like the basic French beaded flower or loop techniques but they're quite different.
You'll also recognize the Victorian technique with some interesting variations.
The tutorial is 29 pages with detailed photos showing each step.
Five petal techniques with variations are shown as well as how to assemble a hair ornament.
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Featured Web Site<br>
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Perlentiere is a German bead forum site. Perlentiere means Bead Animals but the site has
sections for
<a href="http://perlentiere.com/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=44">Flowers</a>,
<a href="http://perlentiere.com/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=45">Trees</a>, and
<a href="http://perlentiere.com/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=46">Other Plants</a>
and of course,
<a href="http://perlentiere.com/forum/index.php?page=Board&boardID=7">beaded animals</a>.
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I usually wait a day or two to post my newsletter here after sending it via the mailing list. That's so subscribers have first chance at any sale items or special offerings. This is one of the newsletters I missed.
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New Patterns!
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I'm introducing a new technique with a pattern for a leaf and a flower.
This technique is found on vintage beaded flowers and on beaded flowers made in China.
I call it the frame technique because you first form the shape, i.e. frame, of the
leaf or petal with 22-gauge wire. Bead rows are strung horizontally with each row
on a separate 26-gauge wire.
Detailed instructions including templates for 4 leaves and the flower and bead counts are included
for the leaf and flower above.
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Beaded Flower Frame Technique</a><br>
<i>Designed by Caren Cohen</i>
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Spoon Chrysanthemum</a><br>
<i>Designed by Rosemary Kurtz</i>
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Fire Rose</a><br>
<i>Designed by Rosemary Kurtz</i>
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Lily</a><br>
<i>Designed by Rosemary Kurtz</i>
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Fire Mountain Gems has an extensive design gallery and beaded flowers are well
represented. I scrolled through all the home decor designs to find the
beaded flowers for you. So here they are!
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/e63a?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Memories of Paradise</a>
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Julie Miyashiro
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/eb1g?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Christmas Amaryllis</a>
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Julie Miyashiro
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/eb1g?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Christmas Amaryllis</a>
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Andrea Victoria Paradiso
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/e76v?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
My Fair Lady</a>
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Yuki Tachibana
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/d88p?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Everlasting</a>
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Delbert Luper
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Cherry Blossom Tree</a>
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Donna Millett
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Nature's Simplicity</a>
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Gui-Ja Yang
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/d879?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Christmas Wreath</a>
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Terry Petty
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Rose and Lily Bouquet</a>
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Takemura Hiromi
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Sunflower</a>
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Svetlana Sapegina
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/cact?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Tribute to Kate</a>
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Nancy Rocknich
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Ranunculus Asiatics</a>
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Takemura Hiromi
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/cacr?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
The Cosmos Bunch</a>
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Gui-Ja Yang
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/cabr?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Geranium</a>
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Svetlana Sapegina
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Sunflower</a>
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Hiromi Takemura
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/cabf?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Royal Bouquet</a>
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Nancy Rocknich
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Purple Majesty</a>
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Takemura Hiromi
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Sweet Pink Beaded Plant</a>
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Gui-Ja Yang
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Bonsai Tree</a>
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Gui-Ja Yang
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/b623?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Victorian Summer</a>
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Jessica Dowell
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/a43g?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
May Flowers, Calla Lily Bouquet</a>
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Fen Li
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Charmed Christmas Tree</a>
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Elaine Hammer
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After Midnight Christmas Tree</a>
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Mary Harrison
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Tranquil Cherry Blossoms</a>
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Amy Gaspard
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Marigold Bouquet</a>
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Albina Manning
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Spring Floral Bouquet</a>
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Jacalyn A. Gilligan
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Springtime Dance</a>
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Kim Wade
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Green Spring</a>
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Fen Li
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Crimson Passion</a>
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Fen Li
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Christmas Tree</a>
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Elaine Hammer
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Christmas Tree</a>
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Jacalyn Gilligan
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<a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/resources/gallery-of-designs/7866?term=%22nonjewelry%22">
Cattleya Orchid</a>
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Judith Black
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Beaded Flower Pot & Flowers</a>
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Kim Wade
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Featured Web Sites
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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1950-French-Beaded-Crystal-Flowers-Prisms-4-light-OUTRAGEOUS-Sconces-Vintage-/151503936948?pt=Architectural_Garden&hash=item2346569db4&autorefresh=true">
Crystal Beaded Flower Sconces on ebay</a><br>
These are the simplest of beaded flowers being a loop around a large bead.
Click through all the photos and you will see details. You could use 4mm Swaorvski to make the loop around a 10mm
with a Swarovski flower margarita for the center. I've seen sconces and chandeliers similar
to this in thrift shops. And I've purchased several candle stands with curliques to adorn with
beaded flowers. Even if the quality is less than stellar you can easily spray paint it to hide the flaws.
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<a href="http://www.mylovelybeads.com/contest/displayFinalList_new.php?year=2014">
Fashion Colorworks 2014</a> had 2 gorgeous beaded flower entries in the Beaded
Objects And Accessories category.
<a href="http://www.mylovelybeads.com/contest/fullsizeEntry.php?EntryID=849">
Poppies Bouquet Stand</a> by Hiromi Takemura and
<a href="http://www.mylovelybeads.com/contest/fullsizeEntry.php?EntryID=797">
Teacup Poodle Mini-sculpture</a> by Yuki Tachibana.
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There's plenty of time to make beautiful holiday decorations!
Beaded Garden has a page just for
<a href="http://beadedgarden.com/patterns/patterns_christmas.php">
Christmas flowers</a> on the left menu under Holidays.
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<li>Victorian Poinsettia<br>
Instructions by Nancy Binkley are very detailed
creating a large flower for great impact as a holiday
decoration.
<li>French Poinsettia<br>
by Dalene Kelly uses a little used
technique that gives a lovely shape to the bracts.
<li>3 Sizes of Poinsettia<br>
Instructions for 3 sizes are included. Be sure to click on
the thumbnail to see an arrangement I made from the different sizes.
Thsi pattern uses the basic petal so is perfect for all levels of flower beaders.
<li>Poinsettia Napkin Rings by Lise Flyman
<li>Thimble Poinsettia by Marj Noga
<li>Thimble Christmas Trees by Marj Noga
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There's also a Christmas Leaf Brooch (Lenni Cramer) and a Red & White Dragonfly (Lise Flyman).
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The newsletter is back as a monthly and I look forward to hearing your comments.
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Each month there will be a section on "Featured Websites".
Flower beading is an international art but language barriers don't have to stop the serious beader.
With good illustrations, those of us who speak and read only English can absorb books in Italian,
French, Dutch, German and Russian. I find these hidden gems and feature 1 or 2 in each newsletter,
many times with free tutorials.
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I've redesigned <a href="http://www.beadedgarden.com">Beaded Garden</a> with a lot more menu options including
sections on miniatures, holidays, most popular patterns, books, eBooks and more. Let me know what you
think by posting a comment!
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Best of all is a search feature!
Just type in your favorite flower and you'll find all the patterns available.
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Also new is a destash section
where you'll find bead
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books</a> and
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magazines</a> on various beading techniques as well as surplus supplies.
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From time to time I'll be selling some hard to find items.
As a subscriber, you'll always be the first to hear about these offers.
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Featured are 2 Russian bead flower artists, Elena and Natalia Verbitskaya
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<b>Elena Fiori Di Perline</b> on facebook is from Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy.
Five years ago she started making butterflies, then
roses and small plants. She always wanted a house full of plants and
flowers but since she didn't have a green thumb she decided to
create beaded compositions which never need any maintenance.
After a few years of traditional
patterns she designed her own world of fantasy creations.
She has several pictorial patterns.
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/elena.motovilova.507/media_set?set=a.1440472052847589.1073741836.100006544231456&type=3">
Snow Tipped Christmas Tree</a>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/elena.motovilova.507/media_set?set=a.1440474679513993.1073741837.100006544231456&type=3">
Blue Spruce</a>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/elena.motovilova.507/media_set?set=a.1487011794860281.1073741841.100006544231456&type=3">
Wisteria</a>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/elena.motovilova.507/media_set?set=a.1485949454966515.1073741840.100006544231456&type=3">
Grapes</a>
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Be sure to check out her other
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albums</a>
with bridal bouquets, roses, sunflowers, orchids and more.
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<b>Natalia Verbitskaya</b> has several free tutorials:
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<a href="http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/883843-sozdaem-kust-roz-iz-bisera?vr=1&inside=0">
Miniature Roses Part 1</a>
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<a href="http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/905753-sozdaem-kust-roz-iz-bisera-chast-2?vr=1&inside=0">
Miniature Roses Part 2</a>
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<a href="http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/918259-sozdaem-kust-roz-iz-bisera-chast-3?vr=1&inside=0">
Miniature Roses Part 3</a>
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</html>Carenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109853515792732356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18388672.post-14022987123099689102014-11-08T15:54:00.000-08:002014-11-08T15:54:09.753-08:00Bead Art - Where Are They Now? <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bead Art</span>,
edited by Alice Korach, was one of the earliest books featuring
beadwork as art. It was published in 1998 by Kalmbach Publishing Company
who also published <span style="font-style: italic;">Bead & Button</span>
magazine. I frequently peruse the book and one time I got curious as to
whether these artists were still around creating beautiful bead work.
So I spent a few hours searching for each artist. All the artists in
the book are listed below even if I didn't find anything about them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2nC7w2Gn1LJmw96_estHPZNnU8x2Rhy8kIUr7X-4w9ejJ9d1HxkNqyV_6Sy5PFzElky-kaV8A4e4KtOyhFlBxTcp3aZ97t-Au908sWHiHgcsOC4Z7YzdC42oVSceiTjDyaze6g/s1600-h/BeadArt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120947309221071490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2nC7w2Gn1LJmw96_estHPZNnU8x2Rhy8kIUr7X-4w9ejJ9d1HxkNqyV_6Sy5PFzElky-kaV8A4e4KtOyhFlBxTcp3aZ97t-Au908sWHiHgcsOC4Z7YzdC42oVSceiTjDyaze6g/s200/BeadArt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.fibitz.com/stitchedmyth/cw/wickler.html">Chris Allen-Sickler</a><br /><br />Kenneth A. Arthur<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fibitz.com/stitchedmyth/bb/barron.html">Beth Barron</a><br /><br />JoAnn Baumann<br /><br />Terry Bell<br /><br />Robert Bruningham<br /><br /><a href="http://www.davidchatt.com/">David Chatt</a><br /><br /><a href="http://girlmondayblog.davidchatt.com/index.php">David Chatt's Blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.craftemergency.org/wp-content/uploads/Heart_collection.jpg">Olga Dvigoubsky Cinnamon</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.crochet.org/98conf/paperwtg.jpg">More by Olga</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatlakesbeadworkersguild.org/barbdavis.html">Barb Davis</a><br /><br />Debra Dembowski - <a href="http://www.artcraftnow.com/Dembowski/pages/deb.html">Figurative Jewelry & Sculpture</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.peoriaartguild.org/ArtFair/images/2006artists/jewelry/ddembowskijwl.jpg">More by Debra Dembowski</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.theartsbuilding.net/Debra_Dembowski.htm">More by Debra</a><br /><br />Sylvia deMurias<br /><br />Rosie Dixon<br /><br /><a href="http://www.joandulla.com/">Joan Dulla</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.beadcreative.com/">Nancy Eha</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.alderart.com/la%20petite/html/FEHER.htm">JoAnn Feher</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nwbeadsociety.org/images/gallery/20_necklace/j_feher1.jpg">More JoAnn Feher</a> - Northwest Bead Society Member beads from the 20th Anniversary Commemorative Necklace (2003)<br /><br />Jacqui B. Fehl<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dianefitzgerald.com/">Diane Fitzgerald</a><br /><br />Susan Etcoff Fraerman - <a href="http://dev.surfacedesign.org/gallery-details.php?RECORD_KEY%28gallery%29=ID&ID%28gallery%29=85">Revelation on Hubbard Street</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.thebeadedobject.com/">One Soul:Shoe Number Fourteen </a>, <a href="http://collaboratory.nunet.net/textilearts/gallery.html">In Memory of Noah</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.snyderman-works.com/fiber/fiber2002/fiber2002b.html">THE BLUES, SHOE NUMBER ELEVEN</a>,<br /><a href="http://www.gingrassgallery.com/etcoff_fraerman.htm">Katie Gingrass Gallery</a><br /><br />Jocelyn S. Giles<br /><br />Patty Haberman<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fibitz.com/stitchedmyth/vh/harlow.html">Valorie Harlow</a>, <a href="http://www.interweave.com/bead/events/cloth_photo2.asp">More</a>, <a href="http://beadbugle.com/html/bead_international.html">and More</a><br /><br />John W. Lefelhocz - <a href="http://home.frognet.net/%7Ejanos1/Quilts.html">Quilts</a><br /><br />Richard LeMieux<br /><br /><a href="http://www.galleryten.com/leonard.htm">Laura Leonard</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/eleanorlux/index.html">Eleanor Lux</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/eleanorlux/index.html">More</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.manfredinidesign.com/">Liz Manfredini</a><br /><br />Ann Terepaugh Mitchell<br /><br />Nicole Nagel<br /><br />Liss Niforos<br /><br />Jan Nix-Westhoff<br /><br /><a href="http://www.corourke.com/html/gallery.html">Colleen O’Rourke</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kristenfrantzenorr.com/">Kristen Frantzen Orr</a> - ArtGlass Beads & Jewelry<br /><br /><a href="http://artistsregister.com/artists/AZ794">Christy Puetz</a>, <a href="http://eyelounge.com/puetz/">More</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mostlyglass.com/Artists/prasch_sally/Ricks_mainpage.htm">Madelyn C. Ricks</a>, <a href="http://www.wpsaf.org/images/13glass%20small/gl-ricks.jpg">More</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.roggel.com/">Rachel Roggel</a><br /><br />Ruth Marie Satterlee<br /><br />Pamela Schloff<br /><br />Carol Shelton<br /><br />Nancy Smeltzer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swirnoff.com/">Sandy Swirnoff</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thaliatringo.com/">Thalia Tringo</a><br /><br />Carolyn Veerjee<br /><br />Sally Wassink<br /><br /><a href="http://members.toast.net/crymer/cindy2/wass01.htm">Loomed Beadwork</a>, <a href="http://members.toast.net/crymer/cindy2/wass02.htm">More</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bedesman.com/">Dustin j. Wedekind</a><br /><br />Alison F. Whittemore<br /><br />Michelle Williams<br /><br /><a href="http://www.laurawillits.com/">Laura Willits</a></span>Carenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109853515792732356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18388672.post-78016768539550194622009-12-31T06:35:00.001-08:002009-12-31T06:36:01.120-08:00Cool Painting Tool<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a really cool online abstract painting machine </span><a href="http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> . Click on "Auto" on the lower right of the painting area or create your own.</span>Carenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109853515792732356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18388672.post-5597028464660643002007-10-13T16:27:00.000-07:002007-10-13T16:32:40.991-07:00The New Beadwork - Where are they now?<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The New Beadwork</span> by Kathlyn Moss and Alice Scherer, published 1992, was one of the first books featuring bead art. I got curious as to whether these artists were still around creating beautiful bead work. So I spent a few hours searching for each artist. All the artists in the book are listed below even if I didn't find anything about them.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaRz-lcXTa0qoyM60eD3S6E_z_qOTcPIuTbXYUCu_wcELsOw9KqgqTxEaHVfUPh6UIxiF-Pa7TfDL6Ueds_Je2XMVxKH3JVQ2BwjozfURFM_QidbH_KqFQXZzHSjnl85WTXyunQ/s1600-h/TheNewBeadwork.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaRz-lcXTa0qoyM60eD3S6E_z_qOTcPIuTbXYUCu_wcELsOw9KqgqTxEaHVfUPh6UIxiF-Pa7TfDL6Ueds_Je2XMVxKH3JVQ2BwjozfURFM_QidbH_KqFQXZzHSjnl85WTXyunQ/s200/TheNewBeadwork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120967053185731250" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/default.aspx?c=a&id=1604">Jeanette Ahlgren</a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Beautiful loom woven sculptural forms</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Marcus Amerman</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Marcus Amerman creates bead pictures that depict the history of his Choctaw and Hopi heritage</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.newmexicocreates.org/product.php?id=93&cat_id=3&sub_id=">Beaded Butterfly Buckle</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.newmexicocreates.org/product.php?id=94&cat_id=3&sub_id=">Beaded Face Bracelet</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sarpress.sarweb.org/iarc/dubin/amerman05.htm">2004 Dubin Native Artist Fellow</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.quiltart.com/gallery/porter.html">Quilt Art</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.rainmakerart.co.uk/artists/amerman.htm">The Man with No Name</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hanne Sue Anaya</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Susan Anniskett</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://markayswearableart.com/">Lucia Antonelli</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.beadexpo.com/beadexpo/classes/index.cfm?action=instructor&instructorurl=antonelli">More</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ann Bailey</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.cprincebatchelor.com/">Carolyn Prince Batchelor</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Painted Paper Beadwork</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pvtnetworks.net/%7Efbates/">Frieda Bates</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Beadwork of the Southwest</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Bead-Earrings-Artistic-Approach/dp/0943604346">Lori Berry</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Author of How to Bead Earrings: An Artistic Approach</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elizabeth Bertuccio</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">John Binzley - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.heartbeatbigsur.com/pages/common/hand_bag.html">Beaded Bags</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.beadcats.com/catalog/books/bookpost.htm">Virginia Blakelock</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.florabook.com/">Flora Book</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Joe Bowman</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.rasmuson.org/ArtOnDisplay/museumGallery.php?art_collection_id=2">Kate Boyan</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - The Dream Bag</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.atlanta.via-mundi.com/index.php?page_id=7543">Jimoh Buraimoh, </a><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=1051">The Heritage: My Life and Arts (autobiography)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Michael Van Chapman</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.davidchatt.com/">David Chatt</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://girlmondayblog.davidchatt.com/index.php">Blog</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Carlos Cobos</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Evelyn Cohen</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Theresa Cole</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Deon DeLange - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/More-Techniques-Beading-Earrings-Delange/dp/0943604125">More Techniques of Beaded Earrings</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">,</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Beading-Earrings-Deon-Delange/dp/0943604036/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/104-9999269-1147103">Techniques of Beaded Earrings</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Edward Derwent</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mary Dickey</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">M.K. Dilli</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Angela Gauthier</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ascha Gellman</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Jeannine Goreski</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mary Owen Griffin</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sherry Hart</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mary Hayslip</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.valeriehector.com/">Valerie Hector</a><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.marybhetz.com/">Mary B. Hetz</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Jewelry Collection (no beadwork shown)</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.bsgc.org/bc03pics/bc03-07.jpg">Mary Ann Hickey</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.outsidersandothers.org/Shows/devilangel_mh.html">Mimi Holmes</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Edgar Jackson</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Peggy Kendellen</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Martin Douglas Kilmer</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.warmglass.org/gallery/GalKingLehman1.htm">Dan & Eve King-Lehman</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Fused Glass</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.alfar.com/%7Ejoanne/">Joanne A. Laessig</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Beads & Embroidery</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Jeanne Leffingwell - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/mww_details.asp?page_id=2">Beaded Sky Curtain</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (not a good picture),</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://kalmbachcatalog.stores.yahoo.net/bbpdf0306121.html">Bead & Button - Loom Project Pattern ($3.95)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Richard LeMieux</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gwyn Lewis</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Jacquelyn Lillie - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.julieartisans.com/jewelry2.htm">Earrings & Bracelet</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (middle of page),</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sofaexpo.com/NY/2006/img/galleries/sienna_catimage_left.jpg">Bracelet</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">,</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://siennagallery.com/artist-bio.php?artistID=18">4 pieces</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">,</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.galerie.goettlicher.at/galerie/kuenstler/jacqueline_i_lillie.shtml">TO BEAD OR NOT TO BEAD</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Merry Makela - The magic of beaded spherical nets : techniques and projects (book) - available used</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.research.umbc.edu/%7Emarcotte/margot/margot.html">Margot Marcotte</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sherry Markovitz - </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.gregkucera.com/markovitz.htm">Beaded Sculpture</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/11173/sherry-markovitz.html">Artworks</a><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.blessedbead.com/">Nome May</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Blesséd Bead</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Linda McCormick</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Luisa Morca-Bush</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Kathlyn Moss</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cheri Mossie</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Juanita Nelson</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Howard Newcomb</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gretchen Newmark</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.lbostudio.com/gallery/index.html">Lindsay Obermeyer</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - 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</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.tfaoi.com/articles/anne/ae7.htm">Kickin' It with the Old Masters</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> at the Baltimore Museum of Art,</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.marylandartsource.org/artists/detail_000000136.html">Maryland ArtSource</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Verena Sieber-Fuchs</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.marciestone.com/">Marcie Stone</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Sculptural Bead Artist</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cid Suntrader</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Natalie Tatz</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ken Tisa</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Camilla Trondsen</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elizabeth Tuttle</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Setsu Ueno</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gladys Urschel</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Donna Wasserstrom</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Betsey-Rose Weiss</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Steve Wofford</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Natacha Wolters</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Connie Wyatt</span>Carenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109853515792732356noreply@blogger.com6