Thursday, April 17, 2014

Jewelry for Angelwood Gallery


It seems this month is the Gallery swap month for me.  I know I keep saying that I'm not making new jewelry, but I am doing a few pieces here and there to fill in colorways for galleries. I like my work to look at least a little bit like a set.  This teal, white and neutral mix is what I'm sending off to Angelwood Gallery this weekend.


Saturday, April 12, 2014

In Preparation for Blueberry View Artists Retreat


I received my first artist residency for next month at the Blueberry View Artists' Retreat. I'm starting to prepare for it, thinking of what to pack for two weeks of living and creating.  My proposal for this particular residency is to be working on the Uprooted Series.

Uprooted 1

Uprooted 1 is a beaded sculpture piece that I created for my Individual Artist's Grant Exhibit.  I have been planning on creating a grouping of Uprooted pieces to be shown together and this is my opportunity to really focus on this installation piece.  I have been focusing on beading tendrils to bring with me.  Some of the larger tendrils can take up to 150 hours of beading and I want the majority of my time spent at Blueberry view to be finishing the roots and putting the actual pieces together.  I'm sure there will be points where I want a particular tendril shape, so I'll have to make it and bead it while I'm there, but the more tendrils I have done, the better.



I have 3 done and I'm working on the 4th, which is much larger than any of the other ones I've done.  I can tell that with my focus on the tendrils, I'm getting a little faster at beading them.

Playing with Fire (Small Weaving)

I doodled these matches back in 2015. I had gotten divorced, I was out a lot and "playing with fire" was feeling like the best des...