Beadwork Archives | CraftOptics

Love the excitement of a new artistic challenge? Find yourself looking for something new to try once you’ve mastered the…

What has 68,000 dots and can take over 100 hours to finish? A diamond painting! Dennis Marx, this month’s CraftOptics…

Prescription-related questions tend to be what most customers ask about when they call our company or visit our website. With…

Long-time CraftOptics customer, Beki Haley, has been beading for almost 50 years. She has over 30 years of experience teaching,…

Have you ever seen amazing art quilts and wondered what goes into these masterpieces? Long-arm quilter, Judy Beskow chatted with…

For many people, one of the first signs that their eyes are aging happens in a restaurant, where small print…

When you finally get a chance to really settle in for some solid art time, there’s an all-over, full-body sigh…

Ever wonder why dentists wear magnification? We had something to do with it. Over 30 years ago, my father, Dr….

REPRINT & UPDATE OF 2014 ARTICLE Artists experience a great amount of eye, back, neck and shoulder strain as they…

Cataracts We probably all know someone who’s suffered from cataracts and some of us may have them ourselves. Cataracts affect…

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