Vintage Beads Information
Vintage Beads
Complements of robinatkins.com
If you are looking for ideas, inspiration, or beading books and supplies to aid you in your developing bead passion, you've come to the right place! Use the menu on your left or the thumbnails above to find information about workshops and slide shows, to order books or hard-to-find beading supplies, to see some of my beaded creations, to explore links to some wonderful bead-related websites, and to contact me. Since many of my students enjoy hearing about how I got started beading and tales of bead adventures along the way, I've also included some of these stories for you.
As you can read in my first book, One Bead at a Time, whether you do beadwork just for fun, as an exploration of your creativity, or with the added incentive of healing an old wound or finding a path through a life change - whatever your motivation - I believe you will always be glad for the time you give to your beadwork. As for me, beading is forever compelling, exciting, challenging, and meditative - a meaningful process that is never boring.
Why buy gold when you can buy bronze?
Commander in Chief George W. Bush
by Nano Lopez
$2,995
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Medium: Bronze
Size: 16" x 10" x 7"
Mounted on Black Granite
Made in the USA
by Nano Lopez
$2,995
Order Now
Medium: Bronze
Size: 16" x 10" x 7"
Mounted on Black Granite
Made in the USA
Raw Story
Bush National Guard bust unveiling said postponed from December of 2002 because of 'pending war' with Iraq
Ron Brynaert
Published: Wednesday June 7, 2006
The unveiling of a bronze bust commemorating President George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard was postponed initially from December of 2002 due to the "pending war" with Iraq at the time, according to an assistant to the renowned sculptor commissioned for the project.
The unveiling took place before a global war on terror speech given by the president at the National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, DC this February. The bust is currently on display in the Hall of the States wing of the museum, alongside the sculpted heads of ten other Guard presidents, including the former leader of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis.
"Charles Parks completed the bronze bust of George W. Bush for the National Guard Museum in the fall of 2002," Joanne Cimini told RAW STORY. "The original unveiling was supposed to be in December of 2002."
"However, as it was stated to me, because of the then-'pending war' it was postponed until further notice," Cimini said.
Evidence of "pending war" long denied
The Bush Administration has always insisted that there was no "pending war" in 2002. Congress passed a joint resolution to authorize the use of force against Iraq in October of 2002. However, the President has always maintained that no definitive decision had been made at that time.
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Seascape by Casati~Oil on canvas
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Casati (20th Century)
Oil on canvas signed "Casati" in lower right corner depicts a seascape. This seascape features white capped waves splashing against an isthmus of dark, craggy rocks. A mountain is visible in the background. Impasto painted cloud (not a repair) is visible directly above mountain. Brass plaque on frame indicates artists name. Canvas measures apprx 20" x 40." Framed, this painting measures apprx 27" x 47."
200/400 Sold: $356.50
Paul B. McKee painted by Arthur James Cahill in 1962
Paul B. McKee painted by Arthur James Cahill in 1962
Oil on canvas...44" by 48" frame size
Arthur Cahill, artist
American, 1879 - 1970
signed Arthur Cahill
Paul B. McKee, president of Pacific starting in 1933, realized that the massive government projects presented Pacific with tremendous opportunities for growth--partly because the projects would stimulate the regional economy, but also because the company could buy a share of the low-cost hydroelectric power that the dams would produce. McKee also dealt with a strong government-ownership movement in Washington and northern Oregon from the Depression through the mid-1950s. More than 100 votes were held on establishing public utility districts or municipal ownership, and Pacific won most of them. It had fairly strong support from the public because of its good service record and its efforts to stimulate economic growth in the regions it served.
PacifiCorp
Arthur James Cahill
Born in San Francisco, California, Arthur Cahill became noted for his portraiture. He was also an illustrator and caricaturist who lived in California much of his life but spent a few years in San Antonio, Texas in the 1930s.
Cahill attended public school in Eureka and the Jesuit Brothers School of San Jose. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute and in Paris, and from 1892 to 1906, worked as an illustrator for San Francisco newspapers. After the earthquake (showing 500 of 1096 characters).
Another example of his work.
Arthur Cahill, artist
American, 1879 - 1970
Adolph B. Spreckels, 1920
oil on canvas
33 1/4 x 26 (84.5 x 66 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels through the Patrons of Art and Music 1951.42
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is the city's largest public arts institution. Founded in 1970, FAMSF is comprised of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park and the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. FAMSF is the city's most successful public/private partnership-a designated city department whose funding is largely raised privately.
The Legion of Honor displays a collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an exquisite Beaux-Arts building overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Built to commemorate Californian soldiers who died in World War I, the Legion of Honor's collections include Rodin's Thinker, which sits in the museum's Court of Honor, European decorative arts and paintings, and one of the largest collections of prints and drawings in the country.
The de Young is San Francisco's oldest museum. Its collections include American paintings, decorative arts and crafts, arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, and both western and non-western textiles. The de Young is particularly recognized for its many educational arts programs for children and adults.
Legion of Honor History
The Legion of Honor was the gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels to the city of San Francisco. In 1915 Mrs. Spreckels fell in love with the French Pavilion at San Francisco's Panama Pacific International Exposition. This pavilion was a replica of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur in Paris, one of the distinguished eighteenth-century landmarks on the left bank of the Seine. Alma Spreckels persuaded her husband, Adolph B. Spreckels, the sugar magnate, to recapture the beauty of the pavilion as a new art museum for San Francisco
Gift of Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels through the Patrons of Art and Music 1951.42
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