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Art Doll Face Cabochons -- in polymer clay! Yes, it's an obsession. See the gallery, within my Cabochon Gallery, featuring "the ones that got away."
Awards -- Website awards -- some silly, some fun, some old and some new.
BATC* Bead Artist Trading Cards, a 2004 swap hosted by Beki Haley, moderator of All About Beads. These are the 8 cards I contributed to the swap. (This page is on my tripod.com website, sorry 'bout the popups!)
The Beaded Broom Swap -- Come see what our best creative efforts yielded for this Fall 1998 online swap!
Beaded Cabochon Links -- Want to know how to bead around a cabochon? Here's a comprehensive list of links to online tutorials and lessons.
Bead-Patterns.com* FOR SALE -- See my patterns and tutorials at Rita Sova's website. Use the drop-down list or search for my designer name: Mary Tafoya AKA Aunt Molly.
Cabochon Gallery of work by me and other beaders, showcasing the vintage cabs from my collection. Now with several gallery pages!
Chris Prussing's Beader Survey and "I See by Your Beads" -- I like Chris' sense of humor. Oh, yeah, she knows a lot about beads, too. Chris owns the Bead Gallery in Juneau, Alaska.
Color Theory Glossary for Beadworkers -- all the important terms are tailored just for you! hehehe...
The Cyber Beader Awards -- Collect one today! Featured in Aunt Molly's Collectible Beads and Textiles collection of free web art for beadworkers.
Dentalium Shell Earring Pattern -- a page from my Dentalium Shell Fringe tutorial
eBay* FOR SALE -- Click here to visit my eBay About Me page. Scroll down the page to see if there are current auctions of cabs, art doll faces, vintage beads and nailheads, fiber arts books, or beading packs.
Faux Finishes: 14 Imitative Recipes -- Polymer clay art doll face cabs that imitate amber, amethyst, bone, iron, jade, lapis, raku, rose quartz, silver and turquoise.
Forum Avatars for Beadworkers -- Created and sized just right for use on the About.com Jewelry and Beadworking forums. Enjoy!
Fringe Variations -- a page from Aunt Molly's Peyote Stitch Tassel Earring project
The Hedgehog Splinter Swap* -- I hosted my first beadwork swap during the Fall/Winter of 2000, in honor of those pointy little porcupine quills. Read all about it at the Hedgehog Splinter Swap FAQ page. (These pages are my tripod.com website, sorry 'bout the popups!)
Lisa's Square Stitch Alphabet -- My friend Lisa DeFehr's chart, featured on Aunt Molly's beadwork Patterns page.
Lynn Nirschel's Tree Pattern -- Lynn sent me this lovely peyote stitch pattern, which reminds me of a quilt with a folk art feel.
Mary Tafoya: Beadwork -- My portfolio site, featuring artwork, exhibition record, publications, and contact information. It's a serious, serious thang!
Meta Tags Sample Page -- Created as a reference page for my article in Beadwork, April/May 2001, "Crafting a Website."
Shala's Floral Peyote Stitch Alphabet -- Another alphabet pattern rescued from cyber oblivion! On Aunt Molly's beadwork Patterns page.
Shala's Right Angle Weave Runes -- My pal Shala's cool chart -- she created them by request, and allowed me to give them a home on Aunt Molly's beadwork Patterns page.
Sharon's Bead Fairies and Wee Folk -- Sharon Beecher wrote to me after I posted the Three-Bead Angel Charms project and described her unique way of creating these tiny, moveable charms.
Sova Enterprises* FOR SALE-- Rita's Sova's online storefront. This link will take you to my special edition cabochon faces (made to fit the tiny pre-assembled cloth dolls for beading that Rita sells), and my patterns and tutorials for sale.
Twenty Moons: Variations on a Single Mold -- Twenty different examples of polymer clay recipes and surface techniques, using a single mold to create all the examples.
Web Art for Beaders -- Borders, backgrounds, icons and sets, created for bead and fiber artists.
Non-beady Web Art* -- free, at my Tripod site. Celtic Hounds, Bear Tracks, Egyptian, Wee Ones in the Moonlight, East Indian Birds & Flowers, and more.
Zuni Beaded Dolls -- A few scans from my collection. Beadwork from Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico, USA.
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Road sign graphics adapted from the ones at Randy's Iconbazaar
