Kate Boyan's Gallery: March 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

SIX BRACELETS

Getting ready to put these 6 bracelets in the mail for Vivi. If you are in Santa fe you can see them in person at the La Fonda Hotel. There are showcase windows as you first go inside. In about a week anyway...

Sunday, March 8, 2015

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY

This morning when I was laying in bed, waiting to fully wake up, the radio was on. The news story was talking about May 8th being International Woman's Day. I had never heard of it, so many occasions out there, but to celebrate I thought I would throw my two cents in to the blog. Woman are great, right. Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching a beadwork class at Gigs and it was a really fun day of hanging with the fairer sex. Everyone was enthusiastic, some funny, some serious and the day flew by with good stories and the bracelet projects getting well underway. Recently my good friend Angela moved away and although my wonderful husband is my best friend I have been missing the girlfriend thing. The class was a smorgasbord of woman gab and truly a welcome experience! Thank you to everyone who came and Happy International Woman's Day. http://heavy.com/social/2015/03/international-womens-day-google-doodle-march-8-2015/

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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.