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Herringbone Collar Kit
$62.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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When you use decreasing sizes of beads on a herringbone row and stitch many rows, you get a lovely curve. This collar has wonderful colors and gets you much experience with flat curved herringbone. The clasp is a 5 ring copper tube clasp with a magnet.
CRAW Starburst Pendant/Earrings Kit
$38.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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Use your cubed right angle weave, CRAW, skills to make a curved piece using three sizes and colors of Toho round seed beads. Then connect your curve and embellish it with Swarovski crystals. The kit has materials for a pendant. Do it again, twice, for a pair of earrings.
The instructions assume you know how to do CRAW. Don’t know CRAW? Learn through the CRAW pendant kit in red or blue, a great introduction to this fascinating and versatile stitch.
Beadology Iowa Cloth Masks
$6.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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These cloths masks show your Beadology Iowa pride while helping keep our community safe. Made by Cindy Johnson, one of the Kubby Gyrls, these masks have elastic ear holds. $4 from each mask sold will go to the Emma Goldman Clinic, a feminist reproductive health care clinic in Iowa City.
Please indicate in your shopping cart notes your color preference: yellow, tie-dyed pink hearts, green polka dots, paisley pink, paisley blue, or orange.
Gle (Dan) Mask with Rope Hair
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This Gle, or Dan mask with stand is $560.
Scholars use the terms ge and gle interchangeably to refer both to Dan masks and to invisible, supernatural spirit forces that live in the forest but esteem to enter the civilized world of the village. The only way they can do this, the Dan believe, is through masquerade.
In order for a gle to be embodied during a masquerade, an initiated member of a Dan men’s society must have a dream that reveals the exact nature of the gle, its intended function, and the masquerade through which the gle would manifest. The council of elders, once they are told of the dream, decides whether the masquerade ensemble should be created for that man to wear and perform.
The wooden gle is accompanied by a full-body costume constructed of raffia, feathers and fur. It is believed that each gle has its own personality, preferences, dance and speech patterns and is given a personal name. The wearer of the mask takes on all of these qualities during the masquerade. Having come from the dark, mysterious realm of the forest, a gle is believed to be unpredictable. Therefore, an attendant always accompanies the gle masquerader to control it and interpret its speech.
Info from the Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco.
The stand is included. Click on this item to see other pictures of this piece.
Shipping costs will depend on where this is being sent. You will need to call 319 338-1566 to purchase this item. Once we know the shipping address, a shipping cost will be determined before purchase.
Swarovski Cuff with Onyx
$275.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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6mm clear Swarovski crystals are woven into this cuff. It is embellished with 4mm onyx. The clasp is a sterling silver tube clasp. Click on this item to see the close up of the clasp. This bracelet is 6.5″. Designed and made by Karen Kubby.
Swarovski Cuff with Swarovski Pearls
$275.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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6mm clear Swarovski crystals are woven into this cuff. It is embellished with 4mm Swarovski pearls. The clasp is a sterling silver tube clasp. Click on this item to see the close up of the clasp. This piece is 6.25″. Designed and made by Karen Kubby.
Vagearrings Kit
$36.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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This design was inspired by inappropriate remarks from 2018 Presidential candidate Donald Trump about grabbing women’s crotches. Women’s “grabbable” parts should be more under our control and visible to the world, hence “vagearring”. Designed by Karen Kubby.
This pattern uses peyote stitch with herringbone corners to make a marquis. Then embellish the base with netting to create a ruffle. The ear wires are niobium. Add a pearl in just the right place, and you are a women in control!
Yoruba Beaded Crown
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This Yoruba beaded crown is beautiful from every side–even the inside. Please click on this item to see detailed pictures of this piece.
This piece is $350. Shipping costs will depend on where this is being sent. You will need to call 319 338-1566 to purchase this item. Once we know the shipping address, a shipping cost will be determined before purchase.
Congolese Mask
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This contemporary mask was made by a Congolese artist. This piece has two snakes on the top of the head. There is a companion piece to this mask. Please come by to see them in person. They make a great set. Each mask is $148. See other views in the gallery by clicking on this item.
Shipping costs will depend on where this is being sent. You will need to call 319 338-1566 to purchase this item. Once we know the shipping address, a shipping cost will be determined before purchase.
Acrylic Flat Magnetic Clasp
$13.50 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/01/1970 from
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This clasp would be great with a flat seed bead weaving project with Delicas. It is 25mm long, has a magnet in the center of the clasp, and “male/female” armature to ensure security. This is a glue in style clasp.
The clasp on the top show you the glue in space, the middle clasp shows you how the two sides connect, and the bottom one shows you the awesome b&w pattern.