The women who created the artwork in Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence “paint” with beads. Each “canvas” is composed of a myriad of tiny glass beads sewn into black cloth stretched ...

“Beadwork of South Africa” is one of three exhibits that open this evening at Gallery 409 in celebration of Black History Month. The show is of beadwork by the Zulu people of South Africa. The pieces ...

Diane Fitzgerald uses beads the way an artist uses color. She buys a palette of beads that she likes and begins to assemble them – incrementally, so the piece evolves as it’s designed. “Beading was a ...

This isn’t your average craft night — it’s a living, breathing piece of New Orleans history. On November 18 from 5-8 pm, Austin clothing store Blackfeather Vintage Works will host a beading and ...

Local craft production — piggybacking on a national agenda obsessed with tourism and identified as a potential poverty alleviation sector — has increased in recent years. As has consumption. “When ...

POLOKWANE – When was the last time you received a love letter; not a quick email or short Whatsapp message, but an actual declaration of love? In the Zulu culture, people express their feeling using ...

Much like a multi-headed dragon surfacing from an underwater spin-cycle fellatio session with Poseidon, the Chinese are continuously cropping up these days. South African designer Kevin Friedman ...

To celebrate Heritage Month, we chat with two jewellery makers you should know who draw inspiration from their tribes and culture, Njabu Griffiths, founder of Lashongwe Contemporary African Design and ...