Archive: Fine Craft
Melonie Ancheta
Melonie Ancheta is recognized and shares her knowledge with prestigious archeologists, institutions and galleries who…
Chevron Trade Beads
About 20 years ago our friend, Scott Jensen, called us up and said, “Hey, come…
Native Paint Revealed 4
Vegetable or Mineral Around the world throughout history many people have substituted vegetable matter for…
Native Paint Revealed 3
The everlasting power of red ochre The earliest known use of red ochre on the…
Native Paint Revealed 2
Fig 5 is a small sampler of the red ochres I have. (I have more…
Native Paint Revealed 1
Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast Recently I spent the afternoon at Simon Fraser…
The Non-Edible Gooseberry Trade Bead
Maybe the fact that the good ones are hard to find makes them appealing, but…
On The Trade Bead Routes 1
Cornaline D’Aleppo centers were originally dark green glass with a layer of ruby red glass…