Making chain is meditative, well, at least I find that to be the case for me. I first saw the simple version of this weave done as necklace by Christine Dhein who teaches at the Revere Academy in San Francisco. It has been about eight years since I learned to make this weave. I believe […]
This bracelet is supposed to be reminiscent of the flowers in Monet’s gardens at Giverny and his paintings of them. The colors of the flowers blend from one bed to the next and are surrounded by a white picket fence of tear drop beads. This is another bracelet that is fun to wear as the […]
This is another design that is so interesting , that as a beader, you just have to give it a try at some point. This bracelet is made from tubular peyote stich as is my grey necklace, also on this site. However, with the spiral bracelet, you change the size of the bead as you […]
Some things are just fun, fun to make, fun to wear, fun to look at. This is one of them. This piece visually reminds me of a sea anemone. It is outrageously fun to wear. A complete distraction. This is actually a kit. I buy kits occasionally to learn techniques. This one uses a […]