Go forth and make mistakes, Neil Gaiman inspo 25jul2023

Yes, I need to get back to that bead series. But I've just come back from one of those `I need a vacation from my vacation' type trips, and I'm still pretty tired (though deeply grateful I got to go—I learnt lots and met many very kind people). Since today's art is 2 D and features Japanese com...

An old journal ends, a new year begins 01jan2023

linkies: Batman architecture; rollover kitty; botanical illustrations & cigarette vending machine art; brown noise; zippered bag tut 03oct2022

Green & clear blast from the past. 23sep2022

amazing astrophotography. 21sep2022

Joy Munshower and Maria Richmond's beautiful work, combined. 18sep2022

Maria Richmond's fantastic wirewrap ``doodle'' 18sep2019

Fran's red, ivory and black memory wire bracelet 14jan2012

Epiphany giftwrap 06jan2021

gone... 31dec2020

Fran's love of geometric pattern shines in her giftwrap. 28dec2020

Illuminated um, illustrated manuscript of Penrik's Demon. 15apr2020

Philip Glass provides the soundtrack for Sesame Street's chromatic geometry of circles. 05mar2020

wirewraped silver and white xmas ornament by Dawn C. 06dec2020

Women artists, no longer forgotten... 02jan2020

Raoul Dufy giftwrap featuring a red rose & white snowflake 02jan2020

multistrand freshwater pearl, jasper & sterling silver necklace by Linda Gioiosa of Malachite Dragon 20feb2020

Hook, Line & Sinker: glassact takes a class with Maria Richmond 03oct2018

Phoenix Pendant, a project in Maria Richmond's wirewrapping class. 01oct2018

lotus raked dead mouse in orange and blue, with lapis and dichro fuse... 16apr2018

images for cindi b, cyndy g & annie s, hands of the maker entries. Private

Page's art noveau dragonfly earrings 01dec2014

Frances' Autumn Mask 31oct2013

Margaret Sutherland is doing a series of embroidered squares, each focused around a found object given her. This one, originally created 24sep10, is for January.

This necklace featuring a cobalt 3 hole focal was indirectly inspired by a movie star, Gene Tierney. 23sep2010

My friend Margaret makes a lovely necklace for a friend featuring a bronzclay focal & seed bead rope.

featuring a gift from 25dec2007. 05dec2017

Had some friends for beads, & this one stayed with me:) posted 26may10.

Holiday giftwrap from waaaaay back in 2008 pulled from the archives 04dec2017

I've been trading with Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood for years. This latest pair of pendants features an antique key and keyhole . Originally posted14jan10. 14jan2010

Glassact is having a round robin bracelet project featuring charms made with our own lampwork. 4th in the series. 10dec2009

Glassact is having a round robin bracelet project featuring charms made with our own lampwork. 15dec2009

Glassact is having a round robin bracelet project featuring charms made with our own lampwork. 3rd in the series. 09dec2009

Glassact is having a round robin bracelet project featuring charms made with our own lampwork. This post features my first three efforts. 07dec2009

Wendy Zollars and I participated in a collaboration as part of the joint GLBG/GlassAct challange, exhibited at the Lawrence Street Gallery in November of 2009. Originally posted 04dec09. 04dec2009

Elemental Mojo bears the distinction of being the only other person I know who does ikat kumi —that is using variegated yarns to shift patterns in and out of a braid. Originally posted 30jun09 30jun2009

This post about a macrame bracelet workshop collects together all the bracelet pages. 25apr2014

Vicky Haider found my bead curtain instructions and successfully used them to decorate some antique brackets. Lovely. Originally posted 28mar07. 28mar2007

Kids are natural designers, as this page demonstrates when several of my nieces and nephews had a post-holiday stringing party. Originally posted 28dec06. 28dec2006

margaret's beadweaving. 18oct2006

freeform peyote bracelet in orange. 27may2005

Gail Frederickson's African Helix in Green & Orange N.b.: both image and this work is copyright Gail Frederickson. All rights reserved. 15aug2004