Cube Bead Stitching by Virginia Jensen

Cube Bead Stitching by Virginia Jensen

Rivers are the blood vessels of all living organisms on earth - they live in the water, drink the water or use it to spread into new regions in order to avoid overcrowding in specific locations. Since the early beginnings of human life on earth, riverbanks have been used as settlement sites, to provide food and for transport. However, since the oldest human cultures many agents of diseases have also spread along these rivers. Written by leading international parasitologists and physicians, this book discusses the involvement of rivers in the spread of diseases, but also their contributions to the development and destruction of human cultures. Examining past and current data, it shows how important and vulnerable river regions are and how they are increasingly endangered by pollution.

Virginia Jensen is a Grand Junction, Colorado-based bead weaver and teacher. She currently concentrates on producing wearable jewelry with a trained eye for proportion, color palette, and pattern after a complete career in advertising and publishing that garnered accolades for her graphic design. Virginia's beaded designs have been featured in a number of renowned beading magazines, including Bead&Button. Virginia is a co-founder of the Art Jewelers Guild in her area, and she offers her beading skills on her website, virjenmettle.com.