Her ceramic plates, mugs ... or a perfectly placed pearl bead. From there, the patient artist meticulously forms the rest of the radial design with various shapes, lines and swirls.

Some beading is done by stringing beads together. Some is done by weaving beads into patterns with a loom. Beading is also done by sewing patterns onto material. Before the Europeans came ...

Research into clay deposits in Dunn and Stark counties could lead to the local manufacture of ceramic “bead” proppants, a product used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and now imported ...