Hello out there
As we cope with the uncertain situations in our world right now, our team is grateful for what beads can offer us; meditative solace, community, and a connection to an … Continue reading
Books, Exhibits, and a Call For Work
Greetings, beaders around the world. I hope this finds you well. It’s been a challenging Spring for us all, I know. Here in the US we are getting hit hard, … Continue reading
New Animation: How to make a peyote-stitched Warped Square
Julia Pretl animated the process of building a peyote-stitched Warped Square for the next addition to the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Open Source Library. Please feel free to share as you … Continue reading
New animation: How to make a Peyote Triangle
In addition to animating the build of the PodCast Bead for our library, Julia Pretl has now done the basic Peyote Triangle and the Warped Square is coming next. These … Continue reading
Update on our new books
Greetings, beaders. We are all suddenly in a new world, to be sure. I hope that this finds you well. Our hearts go out to all in grief. Many are … Continue reading
Final Model Photoshoot
Final model shoot for the three new CGB books January 28, Philadelphia, with Kyle Cassidy! If you’ve made geometric or architectural beadwork that you think we should consider photographing that … Continue reading
Our new books are available again for pre-order!
Greetings, all! We have a press date now for the new books (April 15, 2020) and that means that the new books are available again for pre-order! Thank you to … Continue reading
How to make a PodCast Bead
I’m excited to share with you an animated tutorial on the making of a PodCast Bead, created for the free CGB library of techniques by Julia Pretl. Here is a … Continue reading
Books update and a new video
Good morning all! A few updates on a cool and drizzly DC morning. Publishing Update CGB will be releasing our big Technical Section in a month or so – this is … Continue reading
Full Pattern for Two-Drop PodCast Bead
For those of you who would like to see the full pattern for the five-round 2-Drop PodCast Bead, here it is in PDF form. Patterns for the Exploding Set Sections … Continue reading
