"Rainbow Lei" 2002
"Heart to Heart bracelet"
The first time I noticed Laura's work was from the book by Valerie Hector called "The Art of Beadwork". Laura designed a beautiful necklace called "Rainbow Lei" made from 25 of her signature "Eureka Beads". I found this necklace to be such an inspiration. In 1997 Laura started exploring with three-dimensional geometric polyhedrons and soon designed a bead called the "Plato" bead named after the ancient Platonic symbol for the universe.
The ancient Chinese had used this same technique called "Plum Blossoms" in many of their beaded works but Laura was never aware of this until seeing the plum blossom design for the first time at a gem show. Laura works by using the principles of geometry in her work. Laura has been teaching her designs at the Bead & Button show.
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5 comments:
Fabulous combination of shape and colors. Three-dimensional geometric shapes are fascinating!
Thanks for sharing.
Smadar :)
fantastic !!! I love this work !
Thanks Smadar and Frany for posting. I agree, her work is fantastic!
Louise
Fantastically beautiful!
Thanks Fszeva for visiting my blog. I am glad that you enjoy Laura Shea's designs.
Louise
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