Liza Lou
Deitch Gallery in New York City has images of Liza Lou’s work online.  In the “Selected Works” are photographs of some of her bead-encrusted works, from people to crushed beer cans to the inside of a trailer. ©2009 Dulcey Heller. All Rights Reserved..

Second green start
I think this one will work! ©2009 Dulcey Heller. All Rights Reserved..

Tambour beading update
Robert Haven is a costume technologist, Associate Professor of Costume Technology at the University of Kentucky.  His website is rich in photographs and descriptions of his work.  Robert recently read my earlier post on tambour beading, and introduced himself in the comments.  He has studied with the granddaughter of a Puerto Rican tambour embroiderer, and has taken sabbatical to learn at Lesage in Paris, and the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace.  Next summer, he is teaching a class in

False starts in green
Sounds like the name of a piece of art, doesn’t it?  Nope, it is what it is.  I had an idea which entailed draping layers of right angle weave (which is why there are three rectangles of right angle weave).  The rope is twisted herringbone.  I’m trying again, this time with brick stitch and square stitch.  Next attempt, peyote?! And the source of these beads is a lovely master hank.  These are 12’s, so there are 15 hanks i

Beadwork Magazine – The Beaded Book
The results of the juried show, Beadwork VI: The Beaded Book are now available online.  Enjoy the slideshow! ©2009 Dulcey Heller. All Rights Reserved..