Kate Boyan's Gallery: PAGE 7

Saturday, February 20, 2010

PAGE 7

This page is for all those mothers, aunties, and daughters who share the love of sewing together...

The Athabascan girl danced around, watching her mother sew, hoping she might be allowed to help.

" To finish," said her mother, taking off her necklace and spreading the beads before her. " Making a special bag for the potlatch is an honor. It is the joy of creating."

She threaded a blue bead onto the deerhide fringe, carefully tying a knot at the end.

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AnnieFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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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.