Featuring Peggy DeBell.

The Handbag Show

Contributors:

Nancy Alexander
Melanie Anderson
Emily Chappell
Liz Debellis
Tina Koyama
Hally McGehean
Tracey L More
Chikako Mukai
Irene C Reed

100 handcrafted items ... under $100.00

Nondyebo, a Xhosa artist specializing in handmade and handpainted linens, lives in Masiphumele, near Capetown, South Africa. After training with another artist, she established her own workshop. Nondyebo has built a home and supports her mother and three children through her craft.

These handwoven articles are not to be missed in this first ever Danforth Weavers trunk show and sale here at Bead+Fiber!

Semiprecious stones, amber, horn, silver, copper, brass beads, Swarovski crystal, pearls, quartz stones, wood, resin and even plastic!

Carter Smith - Shibori fabric, Shibori wearables
Amy Nygen - eastern inspired fabrics
Nancy Moore - eastern inspired baskets

From Japan ...
recycled kimono wearables and accessories

Creating conversation pieces from yesterday's materials. All items are made from recycled felted wool sweaters.

Look At Me Designs was started in late 2003 by two busy moms with a creative flair and a love of fashion. With five daughters between their two families, both women felt strongly about using recycled materials in their designs and creating eco-friendly products. Their goal is to create today's conversation pieces using yesterday's materials.

Under the Microscope, an exhibition of beaded objects and images by artists Christy Puetz and Diana Grygo (aka the Lone Beader). This is the first solo show in the Boston area for Christy and Diana, contemporary bead artists.

The show's title refers to the way in which one views beadwork, under close inspection. The artist Christy Puetz uses extensive symbolism and repetitive patterns often referring to biological or microbial images in her beadwork. Christy has created numerous 3-d Chickens to spotlight the connection between hosts and the spread of disease. Christy's chickens repel and compel us to examine them closer. They are meticulously covered with gorgeous beadwork symbolizing some of our germ phobias.

Diana Gyrgo (aka the Lone Beader) takes inspiration for her riotous bead embroidery from both life experiences and fantasy. Diana uses images of the quintessential American car to celebrate the freedom of the road. Diana's landscapes are populated with people she knows and would like to know. Her constant companion is the dog, ever faithful and ready for adventure. Diana's meticulous bead embroidery invites the viewer to enter her very colorful world and examine it closely.

Bead + Fiber celebrates its one year anniversary with this exhibition. Come check it out!

A show of eco-friendly and recycled fibers by Dorchester artist, Shane Ruff (http://ruffstudio.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-canvas-piece-shane-ruff.html)

Featuring the Hamill Gallery of African Art (www.hamillgallery.com)

This will be the first East Coast show for political bead artist Scott Schuldt.
Intelligent Design #1, glass beads, photoprinted canvas, aluminum, copper, steel. 9"x12".

To learn more about the artist, visit scottschuldt.com.

100 objects under 100 dollars.

Designs by:

• A. Garr Creation


• B. Fiber


• Lincoln Farm Design


• Look At Me Design


• Lipgloss Productions


• The Hole Thing


• Linda B. Dunn


• Hilary Law


• Stonehouse Studio


• Dreaming About Giraffes


• Monkeyshine


• Hoosier Magnolia


• Crocodile Tears


• Ann Weaver


• Audrey Jacks

Special Preview Day and Gallery Talk October 12 at 2:00pm,
by Nancy Josephson, author of Spirits In Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti.

VOUDOU - Flags of Haiti, features the work of Yves Thelemaque and
other prominent Haitian artists who work with beads to push the
boundaries of a traditional Haitian art form.