Mikailah Thompson is an Indigenous beadwork artist based in Washington, D.C. When she was 10 years old, Thompson moved to the Nimiipuu reservation in North-Central Idaho where she lived with her ...

Beading feels natural for Amelia Rivera. She sat down at a table in her apartment on Douglas Island in February, rhythmically threading two needles in and out of a piece she’s been working on recently ...

Cheyenne Faulkner is taking life one bead at a time. After sharing her beadwork on social media, the second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student said she transitioned from ...

Beadwork is a pillar of Indigenous design. While various tribes hold different design specialties—the Navajo, for example, are best known for their weaving and textiles—much of the Native community ...

Throughout September, Morgan Varis led drop-in beadwork workshops at UPEI's Mawi'omi Centre where participants created small orange shirt pins. (Josefa Cameron/CBC - image credit) At the University of ...

When Beadology — formerly Dawn’s Hide and Bead Away — was sold in 2008 to sisters Karen and Laurel Kubby, it gradually became Iowa City’s hotspot for bead art. When she was a child, co-owner Karen ...

Jessica Gokey of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is seen in this undated photo. The Ojibwe artist “paints” images of flora and fauna sewing two tiny Czech seed beads at a time onto wool fabric. Her piece ...

Want to create your own unique resin beads? In this video, we’ll show you step by step how to make a bead mould and cast beautiful resin beads. Perfect for jewelry makers and DIY enthusiasts! For now, ...

How about — you want to make some earrings for your mama? Yeah, I think she would like that. Hey niece, you remind me of those kids. That’s good! That’s good to be thinking of your mama. You go ahead ...

At the University of Prince Edward Island's Mawi'omi Centre, beadwork instructor Morgan Varis carefully guides participants stitch by stitch as they create tiny orange shirt pins. "When I teach, I ...