Carefully sliding a red bead onto her needle, Nocawa Carow Vuso slips it down her string and affixes to the “keeper of my heart”, a replica of an antique South African necklace. It’s one of the old ...
Traditional crafts are sure to be revived by the upcoming World Cup of soccer in South Africa. Carefully sliding a red bead onto her needle, Nocawa Carow Vuso slips it down her string and affixes to ...
About 1,000 years ago, the Iroquois started moving up through Maryland along the Susquehanna River, passing through what today is Lancaster County. The tribes had moved north into the Great Lakes ...
Grant Jonathan has spent the last decade repatriating beadwork crafted by his Tuscarora ancestors and sold to tourists from across the world at Niagara Falls. Jonathan, a 48-year-old raised beadwork ...
Why do beads — which are nothing more than baubles of various sizes and shapes with holes in them like buttons — stir up such an interest among collectors and designers? I say it's the beauty of the ...