Kate Boyan's Gallery: April 2021

Friday, April 2, 2021

NEW BLOG!

Hi guys. This page is no longer secure.There have been all kinds of crazy, weird comments so I've moved to a new home. Kate Boyan's Beadwork Gallery Goodbye living beadwork, it's been great. Thank you to everyone who looked in on me over the years, I truly appreciate it. Hope to see you over at the new site. That's a link, so here is the address: https://kateboyan.blogspot.com

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.