Jewelry maker Barb Tissier poses in her home studio in Waterloo. Her husband, Rick, equipped it with a propane torch, kiln, ventilation system and oxygen concentrator. Teri Maddox [email protected] ...

Through the south entrance of Lincoln Square, a small kiosk drowns in an assortment of colorful glass beads and trinkets, all carefully crafted by 71-year-old Diana Hanson at her in-home studio in ...

DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- There was a time when Danelle Henk of Danville didn't think of herself as much of an artist. But armed with a methyl acetylene propadeine (MAPP) gas torch and a steady hand, ...

Globalisation has its benefits. But it could also diminish our heritage in ways that we may not sometimes even be conscious of. Effective minimization of the negative impacts is possible with timely ...

It’s fair to say Bobbie O’Neale has had an eclectic career. After studying microbiology and public health at the University of California at Berkeley in the early ’60s, she worked as a public health ...

Gladly: I made glass beads. Thanks to the introductory “bead-teaser” class at Ottawa’s Flo Glassblowing studio, I now have some unique – if woefully amateurish – jewelry that my wife is almost willing ...