Having been thoroughly over-excited at finishing and sending my Covid-19: White Rose to the Museum of Beadwork I calmed down and continued working on ANOTHER piece for them. This time an entry for their opening exhibition ' Wings & Stings'. Really did not think it would be juried in.
Lo and behold, the happy email arrived and I get to show my Queen Bee and her hives and swarm at the grand opening next year. 47 artists were chosen.
I went and looked at the images of the selected works. Some are wonderful and some don't appeal to me personally. Par for the course. Here are a couple of pieces I love and am amazed at.
Caged Butterflies by Jean Power
These 2 pieces by Jean Power make me do the classic blown away rear back. My goodness. These are stunning and soooooo beautiful.
Self Portrait by Caldwell Linker
Talk about being blown away. Why didn't I do this? It's probably the best piece of artwork I've seen in decades!
Sigh....
Am SOOOOO looking forward to flying over to Portland, Maine next year for the reception. I've never been to Maine and hear such good things about it. My husband used to fly regional jets into the airport and he loves the place. Oh, and of course I need to eat a Maine lobster.
Still slightly reeling at being accepted ...
The Portland Bead Society is fortunate to claim as members many exceptional bead artists including Teresa Sullivan. Her work is sculpturally based and fascinating.
She has finally jumped on the Zoom bandwagon and is offering online workshops. 5 different designs: Jester Caps, Not-So-Flat-Peyote Pods, Whirling Dervishes (pictured above), Monster Mash, and ZigZag Puzzle Beads.
I have personally experienced the Monster Mash workshop and highly recommend taking it if you want to make 3-d creatures. Her style of increasing and decreasing 3-drop peyote stitch is useful and fun. Some strange looking monster heads were conjured into life during her class.
She is also very laid back and sort of tree-hugging and sweet.
If you would like to take a class with her, the following are workshop dates and you can email her at sullivanart928@gmail.com to let her know you are interested. She doesn't use social media so these classes are kinda exclusive and you need to be in the know ...
Jester Caps
Wednesday, June 9
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
$40, no kit
Not-So-Flat Peyote Pods
Saturday, June 12
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
$40, no kit
Whirling Dervishes
Wednesday, June 23
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
$40, optional $60 kit
Monster Mash is a full day class, and is happening in two 3-hour sessions:
Saturday, June 26
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
AND
Wednesday, June 30
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
$80, no kit (both sessions)
ZigZag Puzzle Beads, also a two 3-hour session workshop:
Saturday, July 10
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
AND
Saturday, July 17
10am-1pm PDT (11am-1pm MDT, 12pm-3pm CDT, 1pm-4pm EDT)
$80, no kit (both sessions)
Looking for something else … I found this. Beaded patterns by Dragon. Her story is as special as anyone's. And her work is lots more special than anyone's. She has created patterns for birds, and dragons, and bugs, flowers, fairies, and snakes, and, and, the list goes on. The kits are incredibly reasonably priced and very pretty. So go bead a hummingbird.
Configurations by Wendy Hill
Once upon a time I was a member of the Studio Art Quilts Associates and enjoyed going to the exhibitions to see if anyone had created anything interesting. As in all art/crafts many pieces are copy cat works. Which is totally acceptable of course. This is how all artists learn, by copying masters. But then as an artist, one needs to then interpret the mentors style into your own. This quite often doesn't happen and shows are reduced to clever craftsmanship with the occasional gem.
To this end I was browsing through the SAQA Virtual Galleries and found this one entitled 'No Limits'. In the slideshow this interesting piece caught my eye. Again, this style of work is not unique. I have seen it before but I rather love it. It makes the ordinary man in the street have to rethink what a 'quilt' might be. I also enjoy how this style of stitching gives you endless opportunity to arrange the artwork in various positions and so it becomes a fluid piece. Imagine this draped all along the back of your couch or pinned in lines along a wall, or thrown in a heap in a corner to bring surprise joy and light.
Of course, one does not need a cat to find it ...
This piece is created by Wendy Hill who resides in Oregon. Unfortunately I can't find out much about her as she doesn't have a website.
I can't remember the exact Brood of cicadas or which year it was (must have been 17 years ago, duh) we walked out into our Virginia back yard and were astonished at the massive insects clouding the area. Our dogs were ecstatic, leaping up in the air, snapping and crunching. Something so extraordinary.
Well, they're here .... again. Not in the West, but the East of the US is getting hit with this amazing event.
Go and learn about the strange 17 year life cycle of the cicada, told by the legendary Sir David Attenborough.
Bet this pie chart resonates ...
'til the next time,
Rose
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