WASHINGTON (AP) — Susana Daniel Chemakwany sits quietly under a white tent near the U.S. Capitol, stitching tiny, multicolored beads together into a colorful array of necklaces, wristlets and earrings ...

IT’S FOR THE EYES ONLY. TALK ABOUT A LITERAL REPRESENTATION OF EYE CANDY. SURE. SUGAR BABIES ARE NOTORIOUSLY TOUGH ON THE TEETH, BUT THESE ARE REALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THEY’RE OBJECTS OF ART. THE WORK OF ...

Liza Lou, "Kitchen" (1991-1996), glass beads, wood, wire, plaster, and artist's used appliances, 96 x 132 x 168 inches (collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, courtesy the artist ...

In the 19th century, European traders and colonists brought glass beads to the United States, and Native American artists began using them in their textile embellishment work. Before beadwork, there ...

Lyna Breslow knows she shouldn’t be able to do any of the ornate bead work or crocheting that entertains her for hours at a time. It’s one of the first things she tells me when she answers the door, ...

In Singapore, women in the Peranakan community have revived the art of creating figures and geometric designs on their slippers. By Alec Scott Reporting from Singapore In October, Angeline Kong was ...

Buyer beware. As fads go, this one promises to be fleeting. Beads and bead work have been around for a scant 102,000 years. As yet, there is no sign they’re gaining any traction in the culture. A memo ...

Esmah Shoniwa (pictured), a teacher by profession, says life has been worthy ever since she fully pursued her desire for bead-making. Before schools shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the teacher ...

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 ...