To Bead True Blue - Exhibitor

Exhibitor

To Bead True Blue exhibitors are chosen by juried application and by invitation. The careful selection is based on high quality artisanship. With this approach, we produce a well-balanced show, bringing together the finest artists, artisans, and merchants, who represent handmade trades, traditional designs, and techniques. The authenticity of handwork has a continuing impact on contemporary bead making, wearable art, ceramics, lapidary, jewelry, metal working, glass art, enameling, and textile weaving. Traditional design and pattern in clothing, ornament, jewelry, and interior décor reflect the essence of human expression and enhance the bonding effects of ritual and color to the intractable mysteries of nature. The essentials of To Bead True Blue are the natural materials, spirited colors, abstract florals, geometric patterns, intricate contrasts, textures, and layers, which articulate both a physical and spiritual aesthetic. To Bead True Blue exhibitors are selected because they are personally and creatively loyal to exploring the visual qualities of pattern and design by elevating handwork to a fine art and reviving age-old techniques. The artisansal skills of beadmaking, hand-tooled stone, polymer inlay, hand-cut silver, silk cording, handspun yarns, woodblock fabric printing, color-in-glass lamp work, and embroidery, are faithful to the principles of color intuition, symbolic design, and natural pattern. Whether it be the Yaiuda silk painter, the Jizera garnet cutter, the California master linen weaver, or the North Carolina plique-a-jour artist, To Bead True Blue exhibitors give counterbalance to mécanisation de la vie moderne.(Also see: Apply to Exhibit; Show Details; Product List; Exhibitor List; Workshop List)