THE BEADING GEM'S JOURNAL

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Jewelry from Porcupine Quills Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:55 AM PST Quillwork Necklace by AcidZip Porcupine quillwork was a major decorative element used in Native American art forms for thousands of years. It's unique to this part of the world. Quills adorned mocassins,clothing, cradleboards, medicine bags, boxes and even furniture as shown below. It lost popularity when the easier to use beads became readily available. However the craft never disappeared and is still practiced today.  Giving quillwork a modern touch are some inspiring jewelry artisans on Etsy who all used quills in different ways. Fellow Canadian, Ting, whose shop is called AcidZip created the necklace above as well as the earrings below. Quillwork earrings by Acidzip Quillwork earrings by Acidzip Anna-Marie or Minx as she is called by her friends, used porcupine quills to adorn this avant garde shoulder harness in her shop, Minxshop. Shoulder harness by Minxshop Quills go well with beads as beaders have long discovered. They are perfect fringes in earrings as well as in beaded necklaces as shown by JuliAnnsNotions' Blue Tipi medallion necklace below. JuliAnn Harvey is not a Native American but she married into the Oglala Lakota Nation community and has grown to love their traditional style. JuliAnn uses the quills to form the spokes in her green-pink beaded post earrings : Museum Exhibits of Native American Quillwork : Porcupine quill decorated knife sheath via Wikipedia Huron quillwork mocassin Quillwork decor, Natural History Museum, Halifax, Canada Via Before You Go : How to Make Organic Seed Necklace Tutorials Native American Inspired Jewelry by Miju Learn New Stitches with Beaded Earrings For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post! Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

Beadsphere's $30 Gift Certificate Giveaway Winner Posted: 05 Dec 2011 03:49 PM PST There were so many lovely designs on Beadsphere's site I was hard pressed to choose which to feature for last week's giveaway.  Carapace did point out that she loved the lace ones which I neglected to show. So to make up for my omission, I picked one from that category, the Purple Lace design above! Many of you loved the jewelry designs but alas only one person can win.  After numbering all the entries, I headed over to random.org to generate the winning number.  This was assigned to Scarlettred!  Congratulations! I'm glad I got her email. The winner of Sparkle Spot's giveaway however did not leave her email. She also did not contact me so I have redrawn the winning number. It belonged to TooFancy!  Another round of applause to this lucky winner. Subscribers : To comment, click on the post title to return to the blog. At the bottom of the post, click on "Comments". If you do not have a Google account, website or online store, use Name/URL - and leave the URL blank. For more tutorials check out my Jewelry Making Tips Liked what you read? Don't miss a post! Subscribe via RSS OR Via Email* It's FREE! *Click on the link in the confirmation email to activate subscription Be a Fan!

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