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2. Trade beads - Wikipedia

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   The beads were integrated in Native American jewelry using various beadwork techniques. Trade beads were also used by early Europeans to purchase African resources, [2] including slaves in the African slave trade. Aggry beads are a particular type of decorated glass bead from Ghana. The practice continued until the early twentieth century.

3. Glass bead making - Wikipedia

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   Lampworked dichroic glass bead showing thin film application Furnace glass beads. A variant of the wound glass bead making technique, and a labor-intensive one, is what is traditionally called lampworking. In the Venetian industry, where very large quantities of beads were produced in the 19th century for the African trade, the core of a ...

4. Ashlar - Wikipedia

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   As described in the explanation of the First Degree Tracing Board, in Emulation and other Masonic rituals the rough ashlar is a stone as taken directly from the quarry, and allegorically represents the Freemason prior to his initiation; a smooth ashlar (or "perfect ashlar") is a stone that has been smoothed and dressed by the experienced ...

5. Powder glass beads - Wikipedia

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   Powder glass beads are made from finely ground glass, the main source being broken and unusable bottles and a great variety of other scrap glasses. Special glasses such as old cobalt medicine bottles, cold cream jars, and many other types of glasses from plates, ashtrays, window panes - to name only a few - are occasionally bought new, just for ...

6. Rising from the ashes: Zanesville's art community has grown ...

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   Ron did a painting the Masonic Temple in 2016 and after the fire sold prints of it to help buy art supplies for artists who lost theirs. Each artist was able to receive around $400.

7. ‘Guardians of the forest’: How art made from the ashes of ...

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   The striking work is unique not just for its subject matter, but for how it was made: the owl’s primarily black and gray pastels were created with ash left behind after wildfires in the Amazon ...