Complete with beads, pendants and cords needed to design your own jewelry, this “Make It Super” DIY Bead Kit from Super Smalls offers hours of entertainment and rewarding finished products. Intended for ages 3+, the set includes an array of beads in various colors, textures and designs—from smiley faces to faux pearls—allowing for seemingly limitless experimentation. (And other beads and found objects can be woven …
While it was a simple banana taped to a wall that seemed to steal the show at this year’s Miami Art Week, opulence abounded throughout the various fairs too. Many bold, beautiful pieces involved meticulous beading, weaving, and fringing. From fur to fluorite, tassels to tiger’s eye, the materials used in some of our favorite pieces are unexpected and glorious. Sometimes these seemingly ostentatious elements …
While scavenging through a thrift store in Greenwich Village, Ryan Matthew became transfixed by several plastic beaded bracelets. It wasn’t the complete product that he found alluring, but the individual components. Matthew purchased the tired, older pieces and brought them home. Shortly thereafter, REBEAD was born. Matthew began to source other components—repurposed glass and wood beads, shells and stones. Through careful consideration and hand-assembly, his …
