Kate Boyan's Gallery: GOING TO THE SOUTHWEST

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

GOING TO THE SOUTHWEST

I love the southwest. If I wasn't a die- hard Alaskan I would live in the desert with the lizards and the cactus. There is something about the brilliant sunsets and the evening skies that feel magical to me. This piece with the dactura flowers and dragonflies is meant to convey the feeling of a warm mysterious night.

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RobbieAugust 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM
So just curious...do you draw out your design onto your substrate before beading or do you 'graph' your design?? Love all your work!
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THE BLUE BEAD

Can an old trade bead find new life in print? Could the saga of an 18th century blue Bohemiam bead be a book that will hold interest for children and artist alike? This book "The Blue Bead" is a fictional account of a young beadworkers experience with the gift of an old trade bead and how it finds its way into her life in present day Alaska. It is based in part on historical fact. Where a bead has been and who its previous owner was often remains a mystery. The 25 illustrations were laboriously beaded, each taking over 200 hours to complete, some much more than that. "The Blue Bead" has taken 10 years to finish and is an exquisite labor of love by author/illustrator Kate Boyan.