Beadwork

Liza Lou, Color Field, 2013, glass beads, stainless steel, Perspex, , 20 x 26 feet (dimensions variable). , Courtesy the artist. © Liza Lou 2010-2013. Photo credit: Dean Eliot. 

Artist Liza Lou’s works with beads which appeals to me because I make jewelry using beads. This piece is from an exhibition last year where she used thin pieces of wire each with a single color of beads that were then put together in patterns.

Liza Lou, Kitchen, 1990–95. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

I first saw her Kitchen at the Akron Art Museum and was blown away by the amount of beads and time it must of took to complete at life-size room. She had people helping her with the beading or she would probably still be working on it.

Detail of the sink from Kitchen.

Found and Flowing

Between Heaven and Earth by El Anatsui, 2006. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Ghana, artist El Anatsui uses found object to create beautiful works of art that drape and hang within the spaces in which they are shown. He also uses more traditional mediums like wood, clay and paint, but you can find bottle caps, metal cans, aluminum wrapping, etc.