Posts tagged with 'jewels'

  • Beads Change Lives

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, OCTOBER 09 2007 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    Many of us already know that the pleasure we find beading and making jewelry brings us a lot of self-confidence, but it probably isn't something you really think about on a day to day basis until you hear a story like this from the blog, A Little Something,which documents the beading experience of a small group of female refugees now living in the US. This is an excerpt from an essay, entitled "Eight Dollars," which you'll find on the blog. It's written by Sharon McCreary, who works with this...

  • 1960s Modernism Blog

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, AUGUST 27 2007 02:00 PM | PERMALINK

    Welcome to my blog! I’m Victoria, aka Metal Chik. I’m not really a metalhead (anymore), but I am a lover of metalsmithing and jewelry and want to share the luuv with you! My story is simple: A punk rock kid who collected jewelry becomes an academic, later moves to NYC and becomes a jewelry designer and teacher at School of Visual Arts! I am a geek inside and also a historian, antique jewelry expert and author. I know, ho hum. But as Metal Chik, I’m going to focus on cool jewelry, trends, get inside the...