Rochester Institute of Technology professor David Farnsworth is a mathematician and a statistician by trade, and a "beader" by design. The Brighton resident has taught at RIT for 31 years and is as ...

African beadwork handbags are a beautiful combination of traditional craftsmanship and modern fashion. These handbags are ...

[imgbelt img=matattoo530.jpg]The bond deepens between two Ojibwe women. Mary Annette Pember will wear Mothers Day from now on. Beadwork made by the late Bernice Pember. In keeping with Ojibwe ...

Beadwork is a pillar of Indigenous design. While various tribes hold different design specialties—the Navajo, for example, are best known for their weaving and textiles—much of the Native community ...

Unless one is Native American, getting a grasp of complex Native American spiritual cosmologies is not easy. And that distinction, which might be called a quality of profound otherness, is in essence ...

Dakota people in what is now Minnesota began using glass beads to decorate clothing, bags, and household items in the mid-nineteenth century. The practice both reinforced and transformed Dakota art, ...

Beads, gems, jewelry, and clothing! Walnut Creek Bead & Design Show is back at the Plaza Hotel, October 7-9. Featuring over 150 exhibits presented by independent artisans, beadmakers, and tradespeople ...