Contest Pieces
CONVERGENCE II: ADORNING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND PRETEND
sponsored by the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) and
Bead & Button Magazine
JEWELRY DESIGN WITH ART GLASS BEADS INSPIRED BY PERSONAS OF FACT
AND FICTION
Collaboration of ARTISTS:
Margie Shanahan (lampworked beads) and Linda McIlheran (designed & stitched)
TITLE OF PIECE: "DREAMING OF TITANIA"
Juried Winner: 1 of 50 chosen internationally for a one year gallery exhibition tour ending at the Bead & Button show 2011
RETAIL VALUE : $1200.00
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF JEWELRY PIECE:
Commissioned by order of King Oberon for Titania, queen of the fairies (Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream) to reflect the joy and the hope of the forest in summer as well as their never-ending love.
MATERIALS USED:
Soft glass lampworked beads (large ones hollow);
everything is hand stitched: twigs; aventurine hand-cut flat teardrops and
pebbles; Czech glass; seed and fringe beads; Czech pressed flower, leaf and butterfly beads; Swarovski butterfly bead; beaded embroidery stitched on hand
felted wool, backed with leather; hidden hook and eye clasp
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CONVERGENCE II: ADORNING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND PRETEND sponsored by the International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) and Collaboration of ARTISTS:
Bead & Button Magazine
JEWELRY DESIGN WITH ART GLASS BEADS INSPIRED BY PERSONAS OF FACT
AND FICTION
Margie Shanahan (lampworked beads) and Linda McIlheran (design & wirework)
TITLE OF PIECE: "UHURA'S CHARM" RETAIL VALUE : $925.0
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF JEWELRY PIECE:
Made for communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura of the Starship Enterprise, the necklace symbolizes a trek through an asymmetrical galaxy of lampworked and other beads and wirework, finished with a hand-made clasp symbolic of an orbiting planet.
MATERIALS USED: Soft glass lampworked beads; vintage jet, Czech, Japanese, Swarovski crystal, faceted cats eye and other beads; sterling silver, brass, and colored wire and findings; purchased charm; strung with 49-strand cable stringing wire
