Kate Boyan's Gallery: June 2014

Sunday, June 22, 2014

SOLSTICE

It's a rainy sunday day so I thought I would catch up with some picture taking of things in the gallery. The first day of summer was fun and eventful around here, we had a birthday party for my friend Angela and some great customers who come by every year came in and we had a chance to catch up. I remember when I decided to open the gallery, I thought because I was always sitting here sewing it would be nice to have some people to talk to and the truth is, it is. So thank you to everyone who stops in with their visiting summer relatives year after year. I appreciate it.

So, here are some pictures of the finished projects, the Eagle Bag with all of the colorful flowers added and the salmon skin and butterfly cuffs.

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.