Arts and Crafts
The Silk
Road (512)302-0844
An all-natural fabric store, located across from Central Market.
Great selection of silks and other, stranger, cloths. A small,
friendly store built in what must have been someone's house. (3910
N. Lamar)
Nomadic Notions
(512)454-1000 North, (512)478-6200 UT Campus
Well-established bead shops with neat trinkets like little Buddhist
monk beads and snake vertebra, and a wide range of beads and jewelry
bindings. I understand the UT campus location is the primary Nomadic
Notions store in Austin. Be prepared to lose a lot of time and
money here, particularly if you find the semiprecious stone section.
(3010 W. Anderson Ln./2426 Guadalupe)
Dyer's Jewelry Tools and Supplies (512)451-5655
An old family business. Dyer's used to have a large rock and mineral
showroom with great bins to root through, but they closed that
section a few years back. They still have a few specimens, though.
Good place to pick up supplies and tools for jewelry-making, though
Nomadic Notions is a better place for beads, pendants and charms.
(4925 Guadalupe)