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2 sets of blue and white bunny earrings, with opposite color seed beads underneath the bunnies. Surgical steel earhooks.
Bag c. 1900-1920
Cornhusk, wool yarn, leather
"Portland State University's College of the Arts proudly presents this selection of flat bags, hats, pouches, and quivers created by Native American women of the Columbia River Plateau. Bounded by the Rocky and Cascade Mountains on the east and west, respectively, the Plateau includes parts of what are now known as British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The beautifully crafted objects shown here represent innovations in design and technique by artists among the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Yakama people native to this area. Today, artists such as Pat Courtney Gold (Wasco) and Maynard White Owl Lavadour (Umatilla) continue the weaving and beading traditions developed by their ancestors in the Plateau region.
Originally, the flat plateau bag was woven of hemp for use in collecting and storing the nutritious roots, berries, and seeds that constituted a large part of the diet of migratory groups throughout the region. Weavers also employed bear or rye grass, dogbane, cattails, or silkweed. With the intrusion invasion of Euro-Americans and the introduction of agriculture into the Plateau area, cornhusk fibers replaced hemp in the construction ofthe bag, just as natural plant and mineral dyes gave way to synthetic aniline dye, commercially available to weavers by the mid-1870s. Bags were decorated front and back with geometric patterns including triangles, parallelograms, diamonds, stylized butterflies, and sometimes plant, tree, and animal motifs.
The twined bag was eventually supplanted by the beaded cloth bag. Glass beads of European manufacture were in use in the Columbia Plateau by the late eighteenth century, likely acquired through trade with tribes from other regions. By the 1840s, routes to the Plateau area were well traveled by American and Canadian fur trappers, and glass beads were well stocked in their supplies. Beads ranged in size from the larger ''pony beads'' to the tiny ''seed beads'' seen throughout this exhibition, and with many different colors available, the array of designs on flat bags blossomed. Beadworkers introduced floral designs, patriotic or religious symbols, and even narrative scenes in their colorful compositions. No longer used for gathering and storing, the bag became an item of personal adornment and fashion, worn proudly by Native women throughout the twentieth century and today."
This neckpiece was the first place winner in the California State Fair in the Bead Woven class, Bead Art Division. The cabochon is Crazy Lace agate and the hummingbird is a Laura Mears creation.
I carved this piece in 2007.
"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at " - Shakespeare
Custom order I did for a lady who needed a good Xmas gift for her sister. Is this a great gift, OR THE GREATEST?!?
Also, those yellow and blue beads are so pretty together. It's like a peacock.
Czech beads, Japanese beads, Venetian beads, glass beads, river pearls, ammonite,artificial leather.
1. Beaded hanger supplies, 2. Threading beads on a hanger, 3. Pink & White beaded hangers, 4. Blue & White beaded hangers
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A scan of an old photo print (now converted to black and white). A still life I put together and photographed many years ago for a painting I might do and never did. An antique box, beads and necklace fashioned after the ones my grandmother made and her silver thimble. The scarf is purple silk, also very old.
© C. Statton DiFiori
This is Nostalgia, my bead embroidered handbag. I have used a crop from a Louis Welden Hawkins' painting for the face detail and lots of beautiful beads. The satin is hand painted by myself with fabric colors. This bead embroidered handbag is inspired by Art Nouveau which is very dear to my heart.
Anyone who knows me will know I have an interest in all things Japanese. Of course this extends into my beadwork. This is most of my collection of Japanese and some Chinese books and Magazines.
I guess beading is my thing now. Those hearts are super fun to do, though. And parchment aida is so dang classy. I couldn't stitch a naughty word on it even if I wanted to.
Anywho, who says romance is dead? It's just apathetic these days. I have a theory I will stitch a bunch of these to be centerpieces for my wedding one day, once I find someone who can put up with a cross stitching Trekette.
Finally Complete!
I abandoned my idea of restringing using beading elastic and broke down and got the muscle body repair kit from Cotswold. I'd still like to try that restringing experiment at some other time perhaps. My Bullet Man is mostly vintage, only his hands, emblem and belt (courtesy of Adventurer Josh!) are new. I was originally painting his arms in a chrome paint that better matched his helmet, but after going through 3 cans of the stuff and winding up with small bubbles in the paint app and finding that parts of it never seemed to be completely dry even after letting it sit for several days, I gave up. The silver looks pretty cool, was a milion times easier to work with (it actually dries in minutes and goes on smoothly!) and matches the silver KFG style hands from Castaway Toys better anyway.
With this figure I now have figures to represent all the members of the original 70's Adventure Team.