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- Prescott, Arizona
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- I am a fibre artist residing in northern Arizona. I've been beading wearable and decorative art for twenty years. My specialty is beaded women's clothing made entirely of beads and thread, which creates a "glass chainmail" type of fabric. I've recently taught myself to knit, and am currently working on several new designs that incorporate knitting with beading. I find the needlearts to be calming in a chaotic world, and I wouldn't want to live if I couldn't create!
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Halloween '07
It's 3:00 AM and my mind is a restless spider, spinning and weaving a surface design but refusing to lead me into the depths of sleep. Isn't it enough to spend my days tangled in thread? My husband laughs and says I look like a spider gone mad, sitting there surrounded by miles of unwoven fibers, but this is where I feel at home, maddening as these threads can be. What drives me to spend hours at a time weaving thread and beads or yarn into some semblance of order? Was I an arachnid in another l… Continue
Posted on November 1, 2007 at 9:30am —
Happy to be a new member!
Hello everyone,
It's so exciting to have an instant network of similarly obsessed artisans to communicate with! I look forward to viewing the works posted on this site, and sharing ideas and interests with you all. Here's to the threads that bind us all!
Posted on October 30, 2007 at 5:04pm —
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Thank you for the warm welcome! I have been in exploratory mode for about two years and absolutely love the many ways I am discovering for making fiber art. Digital networks like this one have provided so much information and inspiration. Such a thing was simply not possible just a short while ago.
I can see why you might like knitting so much after looking at your exquisite beaded tops. I think the bead must map quite nicely to the knitted stitch for you. I would love to see someone wearing one of your beaded tops in person. I am sure they move in a most wonderful way on the human body.
Bye for now,
Juanita
Welcome to the group - there's lots of fantastic art to look at.
Have looked at your work - lovely - looks very time consuming putting all those beads together so beautifully.
I buy lots of beads to add to my 'hoard' and regularly drool over them. Some I have had for over 30 years waiting for that special piece to come along!!! Even though I have such a huge collection of them I still can't resist buying more -'to drool over'. I use them on every piece that will take them.
Enjoy browsing through FAMM.
Cheers
Shirley