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Beading How To: Materials & Patterns
Our Beading How To continues…in this episode, Michael talks about the best materials to bead on and shares a few tried and true tips for choosing/using beading patterns.
Beading How To: Beadwork Basics
What’s the best way to hold your leather as you bead? What’s the easiest way to work with loose beads? How do you load your needle with hanked beads? Do you have any recommendations for needle sizes?…Michael answers some of … Continue reading
Beading with Glass Beads: Lazy Stitch
After the overwhelming amount of great feedback we received after Michael’s first beadwork technique video debut (he introduced us to the Applique Stitch), we just had to have him come back and show us another…today he demonstrates the Lane/Lazy Stitch … Continue reading
Resources for Native American Studies
September marks the start of a new school year…and for many teachers of Native American Studies, this time of the year may also mark an intense search to find credible resources and good materials for their Native culture and history … Continue reading
Venetian & Czech Glass Beads: A Catalyst for Native American Beadwork
Beginning with the Age of Exploration, glass beads were a highly regarded commodity in the New World and were often instrumental in helping to forge relationships between explorers and the Native American people. These glass gems also spurred one of … Continue reading
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