22 x 16 inches
Awarded first prize in the loomwork category at Interweave Bead Fest Bead Arts Awards 2023
Bead Polyphony is a tribute to the painter and musician Paul Klee. Klee was both an artist and musician, and in his painting Polyphony he explored blocks of shaded color and how they might convey a musical-like texture. I wanted to see whether I could translate Polyphony into a beadweaving. Beads add light, transparency and other surface effects not visible in paintings on canvas. I decided to hang Bead Polyphony in a window so that it could be viewed in different lighting and with different backgrounds, like a stained glass window but with the added drape and movement of a curtain.