Month: July 2008

Trishalan Designs

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I just found the greatest Blog. Trishalan Designs at trishalandesigns.blogspot.com. If you were interested in the Kumihimo post I did, take a look at her site. She does some amazing work! She has more braids than I knew existed. Trish also makes some of the coolest bracelets I have ever seen. She calls them Wrist Cuffs (great name!) I believe… Read more →

PurpleTulipEarings

Herringbone Tulip Earrings

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Private collection I have been playing with flower forms lately. I made these for my mother for Mother’s Day. I really like the tulip form from The Beaded Garden by Diane Fitzgerald. That was the starting point for these earrings. They are done in Delicas (c) with sterling sliver findings, and are worked in herringbone.The bead coming out of them… Read more →

Kumihimo Disk by Hamanaka

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So, I got a new toy! I went to the Bead Renaissance Show, and fell in love with a technique, that was new to me. It is an ancient art form that has been updated by Hamanaka. It is called Kumihimo. It is a form of braiding. It is really amazing what you can do with it. Pre-Hamanaka it was… Read more →