Discover the magic of handmade glass bead ornaments from the Czech Republic: an ancient craft that turns tiny, glittering ...

Linda Mason makes beads using an oxygen propane torch and a glass rod. She describes it as “painting with glass.” Photos by Beverly Kehe-Rowland It is doubtful one will ever meet a more creative being ...

It’s fair to say Bobbie O’Neale has had an eclectic career. After studying microbiology and public health at the University of California at Berkeley in the early ’60s, she worked as a public health ...

Globalisation has its benefits. But it could also diminish our heritage in ways that we may not sometimes even be conscious of. Effective minimization of the negative impacts is possible with timely ...

Anyone who reads this column knows that I have a soft spot for fashion and jewelry artists. Expressing yourself through what you wear is in itself an art form, and in Santa Cruz, there”s no shortage ...