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The Ubiquitous Padre Trade Bead

Written by:  Janet Walker · 3 Comments

Padre beads are probably the most ideal description of a “Trade Bead”. Padres beads come in three sizes: jumbo 5/8’s to 3/4 inch in diameter, mid-sized 3/8’s inch in diameter, and small Pony beads 3/16’s […] read more

Recycle your Gold

Written by:  Janet Walker · Leave a Comment
A Collection of Scrap Gold

Here’s a glimpse of the kind of old jewelry that we can melt and cast into your own custom jewelry. We can use it in your new custom piece or buy it from you toward […] read more

A Really Lovely Combination of Trade Beads

Written by:  Janet Walker · 2 Comments

When I make my Trade Bead Legend Necklaces I often combine beads from different segments of time because they are primarily so beautiful together. They can tell a specific story about a main centerpiece pendant […] read more

Trade Beads at a Major Fishing Spot

Written by:  Janet Walker · 4 Comments
Celilo Falls Trade Beads

Trade Beads at a Major Fishing Spot Trade Beads and their history being such a major interest of mine led me to research Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, on the WA/OR border. Owen and […] read more

Celilo Falls Salmon Fishing

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Platforms on Little White Salmon River

After our trip to Celilo Falls in search of Trade Bead paths Owen picked up the October edition of Cowboys & Indians Magazine and there was a wonderful article about Celilo Falls! It’s called “On […] read more

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Recent Posts

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  • Kate’s Hawk Spirit by Walker Goldsmiths
  • Wild and Colorful Beaded and Appliquéd Jean Jacket
  • Exploring Traditions through a Jewelry Making Experience
  • China Travels & Chinese Traditional Food
  • 4 Native Paint Revealed, Vegetable or mineral
  • 3 Native Paint Revealed: The everlasting power of red ochre
  • 2 Native Paint Revealed, Red ochre
  • 1 Native Paint Revealed: Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast
  • The Zen of Haida Formline
  • Looking for Crazy Horse – Custom Feather Pendant
  • Printmaking Limited Edition Alaska
  • Story Rings are Walker Goldsmiths’ Newest Custom Ring Adventure
  • Chanchun Lectures
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Chevron Trade Beads

Written by Janet Walker
Chevron Trade Beads

About 20 years ago our friend, Scott Jensen, called us up and said, “Hey, come on, there’s a NW Mountain-man Rendezvous out at Jarman’s Prairie!” So we all drove out there, winding thru the hills […] Read more »

Kate’s Hawk Spirit by Walker Goldsmiths

Written by Kate Benzel

Walker Goldsmiths created a bracelet for me–Kate’s Hawk Spirit–in memory of Mike. Owen and Janet so accurately depicted Mike’s spirit in this wonderful piece–vision, creativity, protection. See http://walkergoldsmiths.com Read more »

Wild and Colorful Beaded and Appliquéd Jean Jacket

Written by Janet Walker

My dear friend and very talented artist, Melonie Anchetta, created this wild and colorfully beaded and  appliquéd jean jacket.  She came by for a visit one day and showed me a scarf she was working […] Read more »

China Travels & Chinese Traditional Food

Written by Chris Nowicki
Mt. Changbai Islamic Family who Owned a Resteraunt

Since my arrival here in Changchun I have been able to try some unusual traditional foods. My second day here I was taken to Mount Changbai near the North Korean border. Changbai Mountain is an […] Read more »

4 Native Paint Revealed, Vegetable or mineral

Written by Melonie Ancheta

Vegetable or Mineral I have had the opportunity to study a wide variety of prehistoric painted artifacts from the NW Coast and have only found one object that had a color on it that wasn’t […] Read more »

3 Native Paint Revealed: The everlasting power of red ochre

Written by Melonie Ancheta

John Greenway writes: ‘Why did this material in almost every religion since Neanderthal man invented that institution, become the most spiritually rich and magical of all substances… There is no end to the myriad uses […] Read more »

2 Native Paint Revealed, Red ochre

Written by Melonie Ancheta

Fig 5 is a small sampler of the red ochres I have.  (I have more than a hundred  individual samples, all from different parts of the country, in varying states from stone to powder.) The […] Read more »

1 Native Paint Revealed: Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast

Written by Melonie Ancheta

Recently I spent the afternoon at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC with lots of rocks. I’d been invited up by Dr. Roy Carlson, an archeologist who has been working digs in the Fraser River […] Read more »

The Zen of Haida Formline

Written by Melonie Ancheta

The Zen of Haida Formline All summer I was on call while a friend of mine carved a Shovelnose canoe. I had documented the first Shovelnose he carved the year before and we decided the […] Read more »

Norvin Motorcycle Mezzotint

Written by Chris Nowicki
Finished Norvin Mezzotint

This motorcycle image is very important to me. It is a view of a motorcycle that I owned when I lived in Seattle. It represents many things to me, perseverance, ambition, patience, determination, hope and […] Read more »

Trade Beads at Fort Vancouver, WA

Written by Janet Walker
Photo of Cornaline D'Aleppo - Hudson's Bay White Hearts glass Trade Beads

Since glass Trade Beads are one of my passions/addictions, my recent visit to the Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve Site was exciting in light of the history preserved there.  Located on the northern bank of […] Read more »

Talkin’ Trade Beads with Ben McPherson

Written by Janet Walker
Photo of Ben McPherson painting a picture of an Apache indian

Ben McPherson is a marvelous young artist who just happens to be Owen’s nephew by marriage to his niece, Kristina.  Ben is an exquisite painter having won some prestigious awards, plus he’s prolific in his […] Read more »

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