Thursday, January 30, 2020

PPF Marlene Emmons

Hi Everyone!
Thank you all for the wonderful comments about my eye. They all mean so much to me. 
I promise to get to all of your blogs this weekend 
to catch up on what all of you have been up to.
Today I don't have any art of my own. Rather I am sharing the bead art of  Marlene Emmons
. I am proud to say that she uses my Nicole's BeadBacking.
So in her own words, Marelene Emmons

 
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, I now live in beautiful Gilbert, AZ. My daughter introduced me to sculptural freeform beading about 20 years ago and the rest of my story is history! Although I do all types of beading stitches, sculptural freeform peyote is still my passion, and I teach when the occasion arises. Some of my freeform work was included in Karen William’s latest book, “Explorations in Freeform Peyote Beading”, pg. 23.
I am so fortunate to belong to the Phoenix East Valley Beaders, a group of 55 women, who are “Celebrating 20 years of Friendship through Beads”. There is a small group of women who belong to the “Bead Art Mastery” (BAM) group, of which I am so privileged to be a member. It is from this group that I have learned to push my artistic thinking from only beaded jewelry to other forms of art with beads.
Grandma’s Lace was beaded on 4” x 4” sensuede piece, backed by NBB, and mounted on canvas squares. One of the doilies was made by my Grandmother and I wanted to honor her memory and her ability to crochet. 

Circles of Friendship in my Garden of Life – with this project we had to select an artist that inspired us and I selected Kandinsky since I am drawn to color and movement. The material, made up of many circles in varying sizes, was perfect! Material is backed by a full sheet of NBB, heavily beaded, with added cabochons and flowers then glued to an oval canvas that I painted. The trees, done in right angle weave, were from another challenge in the BAM group and seemed to fit perfectly “in my garden”. The addition of the picket fence and the wording done by my daughter, Kathi Hofferth, on her cricut machine, completed the piece which honors all of the cherished friendships I have gained through beading. 


The Vase – After taking Liisa Turenen’s class of the Jeweled Lotus Necklace, I realized the piece would be perfect as a “top” for a vase and that is how this project started. This vase is about 6” tall and was just a clear glass jar, spray painted and then beaded, starting at the bottom and rounding up to the sides. Stitching for each row was decided as I proceeded, including peyote, right angle weave, and hubble. 
 It was definitely a labor of love and a learning experience. 


Angel Bracelet – This pattern is Regina Payne’s “Mountain Girl Bracelet” and was done on blaccelet” and was done on black
NBB, that had been scored with white pen in ½” sections. Scoring the backing is a perfect addition to symmetrical beading! 





Linking today to Paint Party Friday.


Nicole/DVArtist 
Honor and integrity in art, in life.

14 comments:

Crafting Queen said...

Wow, what a clever lady. These are amazing.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

What lovely work!

LindaJ said...

Congrats Moe! Beautiful work! I'm glad to have had the opportunity to learn FreeForm from you! Linda

Elkes Lebensglück said...

lovely Works!!! Congrats!!!
hugs Elke

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

What amazing work to have such an eye for detail, you can see that each bead is stitched with love. There are so many talented people around us I thank you so much for bring Marlene to our attention and sharing a little piece of her art work with us.
I have to play catch up with you Nicole, only allowing myself 4 out of 7 days online is proving quiet difficult. Take care sweetie & Happy PPF Hugs Tracey xx

sirkkis said...

Lovely, lovely art works.
Thank you Moe and Nicole for sharing.
Happy PPF and week ❤️


Christine said...

Beautiful work from Marlene!

Linda Kunsman said...

wow- gorgeous, intricate works of art!! Thanks for sharing Nicole. happy PPF!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

OMGoodness, Nicole. Marlene Emmons is one fantastic beader. Her works are truly amazing and her pieces are true works of art. I can see why she would inspire you.

Rain said...

What a sweet lady, and her bead art is spectacular!!! I hope you're doing okay Nicole!!

carol l mckenna said...

Exquisite bead work ~ ^_^

Lots of healing energy hugs to you,

Happy Moments to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

NatureFootstep said...

That is some stunning pieces of artwork. And comming from your supply. She is a great artist. :)

So happy your eyes are improving :)

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely work …

All the best Jan

BLOGitse said...

Respect! Huh, so much work with tiny objects, wow! These are beautiful...