O that the year of the Ox will usher in a mad Bull run ! It seems appropriate for me to post here my bull seals. Lest I be accused of bein...

The header of this post sounds like a title from some profound book. But it is not ! Its only about my tiny jade lotus strung up with the la...

I made this "lucky" necklace to ring in the New Year. It is composed of the double coin knot as a central piece with button kn...

This funny shaped three pronged stone (maybe nephrite ) ornament was purchased from South Vietnam. I think it belongs to the the nephrite e...

This emerald-green satin cord of snake knots sits well with my large pale green spherical jade bead. I used this piece as practice for m...

Playing with dolls and beads seems like return to second childhood! But I just could'nt resist making these cute "wawas" or d...

Button knots look like beads and make lovely accents for my ancient beads. I am so glad I mastered the button knot to tie this necklace of ...

In these dark and dreary days of market crashes, lost savings and wrecked lives, I find relief in making these little knotted dragonflys wit...

Here are 3 companion beads to the groovy huan/ring in previous post. Purchased on the same trip and cut in the same groovy pattern, I cant ...

I am not trying to be cute with the header for this post. This ancient Huan or Ring, to give it its more general name, is really full of g...

A few years ago while still in my salad days of beadcollecting I bought a bundle of replica jatims. Genuine Jatims are ancient glass...

Some folks knit, some crochet or tat. Well, I choose knotting and this is hardly surprising since such a skill will naturally complement my...

Here's another ancient swinger! The eyebead, swinging in the Huan. Briefly, a Huan according to the Chinese definition is a ring wit...

One day while looking through a Chinese jade book * I was excited to come across an artefact from the Warring States period (481-221 BCE.) ...

I bought this "yu" carving of yuan yang ducks from my Guiyang trip. The name yuan yang, which refers to mandarin ducks, is a sy...

This is the last in the face bead/pendant series. This face is not scary, in fact it looks quite pleasant, nice eyes and mouth. But is it ma...

Continuing the scary bead series, here is a second face bead. This second bead was purchased in Myanmar. I think it is made of glass. The...

I bought this small sized white jade face bead/pendant from China. It is only 2cm x 1.3cm. The beancurd white color of the bead resembles L...

I bought a beautiful white peacock carving while touring Guiyang the capital of Guizhou Province. Guizhou has been condemened by many visito...