PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- When she was 7 years old, Neegonee Brunner’s great-aunt Laura Fineday taught her to bead and follow the traditions of the Anishinaabeg culture. From that first project to the ...

"I began as a painter and I walked into a bead store and it was just like a flash in my mind. I just thought, 'My God, that's the most amazing paint I've ever seen," says Liza Lou. She began to ...

The 18-year-old from Denmark has embarked on a massive quest to weave thousands of decorative beads into a stunning Pokémon art project. When it’s done, this gorgeous mural will ultimately stand more ...

This story begins with artist Stephan Wanger challenging himself to double a Guinness World Record. It ends with an art critic's challenge to Wanger. Wanger is Louisiana's premier maker of Mardi Gras ...

FAIRPLAY The sixth annual Fairplay Bead Swap and Show will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will showcase bead jewelry, decorations, handmade lampwork ...

“Amazon Bag” by Nico Williams is one of the pieces included in “Radical Stitch,” now showing through Aug. 3 at the Eiteljorg Museum. The exhibition is one of the largest collections of contemporary ...

For bead or glass makers, every day they go to open the kiln, or oven, to see their finished creation is like Christmas, according to bead maker Darlene Hayes. “You get to see what you created for the ...

You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler beads ...

A trip to the Remai Modern art gallery in 2019 inspired Carrot River’s Marcy Friesen to shift her focus from making moccasins and clothing, to creating modern art. She remembers telling her family how ...