CONTEMPORARY GEOMETRIC BEADWORK

an open source architectural beadwork project from Kate McKinnon and a worldwide team of innovators

Fortuneteller Sampler Pattern

Good morning! Here’s a working draft of a neat little tutorial that shows how to place Side Increases into a decreasing line of flat geometric peyote. The Side Increases grow … Continue reading

September 5, 2025 · 20 Comments

Updates and Fortuneteller Tutorials

Good morning to you all. It’s been almost six months since I last wrote, which is shocking, and I apologize. Quite soon, I’ll have an astonishing packet of Fortuneteller stuff- … Continue reading

September 3, 2025

Fortunetellers and Tutorials

Good morning from Spring in Savannah. I’ve spent the last month going through all of my email, collecting pieces to send home for beaders (I will start mailing them this … Continue reading

March 25, 2025

Updates and Fortunetellers

Greetings to all of you. Publication Updates I’m happy to be back at the beads after a rough 15 months post-COVID. Working on the CGB books again is a pleasure, … Continue reading

February 19, 2025 · 62 Comments

good morning from Kate

Good morning to you, from a freezy Savannah. There was actual ice in the plant saucers this morning, most unusual. The plants themselves are safely tucked into a safe warm … Continue reading

January 20, 2025 · 59 Comments

Hello to all of you

Greetings to all of you. It’s been quite the year, hasn’t it? I am taking advantage of the mad disruption of the current moment in time to sneak into a … Continue reading

November 6, 2024 · 74 Comments

Updates

Greetings, all, and apologies for my long silence. It’s been a long recovery from being reinfected with COVID in November, and now fully eight months later I’m on a big … Continue reading

June 26, 2024 · 49 Comments

Springtime

Here in Savannah everything is blooming, birds are nesting, and it’s just gorgeous. I have a stunning clematis vine in bloom and I am in love. Each flower is almost … Continue reading

April 9, 2024 · 13 Comments

Sizing Bands, part 2

Good morning, from sunny Savannah with flowers, little lizards and falling golden pollen everywhere. CeCe is loving watching the show unfold. She isn’t so little anymore, she will be five … Continue reading

March 13, 2024 · 5 Comments

rebirth

Good morning, from a flowering, bird-chirping Savannah. I hope this finds you well and thriving. I am grateful to say that I am finally recovering my strength after getting hit … Continue reading

March 5, 2024 · 29 Comments
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