Judith Bertoglio-Giffin
Bead by bead, stitch by stitch, each piece is unique.
where the journey of creation is as important as the finished piece.
Judith
Bertoglio-Giffin
Bead by bead, stitch by
stitch, each piece is unique.
where the journey of creation is as important as the finished piece.
I summer in the woods of rural New Hampshire and winter in Tombstone, Arizona. After 35 years of raising a family and working in Corporate America, I now have my own studio in two states and the time to express myself artistically. It is rewarding to apply Corporate learned skills of teaching adults in the beading world. Beading allows me a freedom of expression, by design or otherwise, to create jewelry that enhances a wearer’s personal statement. In the warm months, when I'm not beading, I can be found in the woods of New Hampshire. I spend the cold months beading in my historic Tombstone, Adobe studio. Many beaders come to Arizona to enjoy the mild winters, Tombstone's history and to bead with me in my studio. I have always loved and collected beads, but it took my sister Tina, to get me interested in beading as an art form once again . In 1999 I attended a "Bead Cave" in Rhode Island and picked up a new passion - seed bead-crochet. Bead-crochet work has a suppleness to it that isn't to be found in any other bead work. A bracelet gently rolls over your hand and sits on the wrist with no clanking or noise - perfect for those with metal allergies. The Victorian-Style, or Flapper-era lariats at 40" to 50" offer endless variations of wearability. They slink & flow around your neck, are light weight and hang with an elegance of another era. Playing with all the design possibilities in bead-crochet finally led to publishing two books on the technique; "Bead Crochet Ropes" and "Patterns & Graphing for Bead Crochet Ropes". I’ve been beading off and on for over twenty years and take pleasure in making adornments that delight both the wearer and viewer. My designs are created to be wearable art forms, are original, and as such, are extensively tested to ensure that they will hold up to daily use.I enjoy working in just about every beading technique there is. As an antidote to the structure of bead-crochet I frequently indulge in freeform peyote. Quite frequently I find that a pre-designed piece just will not cooperate and becomes something else again. It's the primary reasons that I like working in bead embroidery and freeform techniques as they allow for freedom of expression, by design or otherwise.
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