"I began as a painter and I walked into a bead store and it was just like a flash in my mind. I just thought, 'My God, that's the most amazing paint I've ever seen," says Liza Lou. She began to ...

You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently, Perler beads ...

When she was eleven, Anisa Murshed began bead art as a simple leisure time. Little did she know that her hobby would one day turn her into a Guinness World Record holder for the "Longest Thread of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is gearing up to unveil the largest contemporary Native American bead art exhibition, Radical Stitch. The only stop in ...

Pixel art has long been the style of choice for Pokémon fans, as the chunky, low-resolution look evokes nostalgia of the early days of the series on Game Boy. And while the style is its own art form ...

Workshop beads reveal the magic of glass art, where simple materials transform into beautiful handmade creations. A closer ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - This is that time of year when bags of Carnival beads will be dumped into trunks, closets, attics, and even trash cans but one artist has spent years turning discarded beads ...

Anisa Murshed is a Bangladeshi bead artist holding 20 years of experience. She took up the craft as a hobby when she was just ten years old and mastered bead art with years of self-practice. On August ...

This story begins with artist Stephan Wanger challenging himself to double a Guinness World Record. It ends with an art critic's challenge to Wanger. Wanger is Louisiana's premier maker of Mardi Gras ...

Tama Distler, the arts facilitator at Rudolph Matas Elementary School in Metairie, is never afraid to take on large art projects. Rusty Costanza, The Times-PicayuneSophia Williams applies beads to an ...