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Artist Kevin Fast Horse Debuts His First Mountain Lion Robe

When we think of Lakota art or decorated animal robes from this area, we typically think of buffalo, deer, or elk, but the other day artist Kevin Fast Horse amazed...

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Beading How To: Applique Stitch

In our final Beading How To for the month, Michael demonstrates the Applique Stitch and shares a few tips to make nice, consistent stitches, help mark your place (its amazingly...

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Beading How To: Edge Beading

Michael demonstrates Edge Beading…[he begins by showing a few examples of finished pieces with beaded edges and gives some detail about some unique edge beading he used on one of...

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Beading How To: Lazy Stitch

In great detail and in vivid color…Michael demonstrates the Lazy Stitch beadwork technique. Let's start here with the Lazy Stitch (I don't know how it got the name "Lazy" because...

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Beading How To: Types of Beads & Different Styles of Beadwork

After the release of our first few Beading How To videos, we received a lot of great feedback…so based on popular demand, we decided to revisit our first few demos...

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James Little Wounded: Combining Quillwork & Beadwork

Blending the Old World and the New, Native American artist James Little Wounded is well known for his ability to effortlessly combine quillwork and beadwork in his pieces. Here he...

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James Little Wounded: Learning from Grandma & Grandpa

Rose and I chatted with artist James Little Wounded other day and learned all about where he learned his signature technique, some of the symbolism behind his animal imagery, and...

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Beading with Glass Beads: Lazy Stitch

After the overwhelming amount of great feedback we received after Michael's first beadwork technique video debut (he introduced us to the Applique Stitch), we just had to have him come...

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Kevin Fast Horse: Beadwork Designs

Before he even touches a bead, beadwork artist Kevin Fast Horse carefully creates each of his signature designs on graph paper to ensure the composition not only works visually, but...

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