“Komboloi” is the Greek word for worry beads, derived from the Greek word “komboskini,” meaning prayer rope. Traditionally, worry beads were made with an odd number of beads, with a length roughly two ...

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Joann Fabrics and Crafts announced it would close roughly 530 stores, including six West Michigan locations, earlier this ...

For Demond Melancon, a master bead artist and big chief of the Young Seminole Hunters in New Orleans, the art of beading is ...

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 ...

Rather than using a typical medal ring as a towel holder, why not DIY a stunning alternative with a handful of items from the ...

Artist and teacher Gerald “Jerry” Winter had an eye for detail – in his art and in his teaching. A professor of art on the ...

Water beads may look harmless and fun, but the authors of a new report — including a mom whose daughter was seriously injured by them — are calling for a ban on their sale. When Ashley Haugen ...

Plant remains within the beads’ perforations also suggested the use of thread, she added. “I think that the efforts to produce these beaded robes far exceed those required to produce a couture ...