Beaded sculpture

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In The Netherlands in the 17th Century, a Golden Age was in full swing. The economy of the Dutch Republic, as it was then known, was flourishing as Antwerp and other ports became important hubs for the commercial shipping trade, importing and exporting textiles, spices, and metals, and the cities’ populations swelled. Elaborately detailed oilContinue reading "Gleaming Sculptures by Ann Carrington Examine the Underbelly of Historical Extravagance"

Betsy YOUNGQUIST - showing her life-size bead-encrusted sculpture Metamorphosis under construction. www.byart.com

Wendy Seaward is extra talanted and original beadwork artist from USA. Using off-loom bead weaving techniques she composes intricate sculptural works out of glass seed beads and natural materials such as semiprecious stones, pearls, fossils, and found objects. Here I post her amazing necklaces and unique masks.

Most people don’t realize the scale and size of her work. The lemons for example are roughly 36” wide.

Chinese contemporary artist Li Qing creates ornate sculptures through a meticulous method of suspending crystal beads on thread. The multimedia artist's

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Colorful, lustrous patterns made of precious and semi-precious stones coat a new series of oversized fruit sculptures by Kathleen Ryan. A bright rind peeks through layers of mold on a halved lemon, white and green Penicillium spoils a basket of cherries, and multicolored fungi crawls out of a grinning Jack-o-lantern. Continuing her practice of portraying the grotesque through traditionally beautiful materials, the New York-based artist (previously) ironically questions notions of value…