FASHION COLORWORKS 2015 BEADING CONTEST. JURORS
Patrick Duggan.
Patrick Duggan lives in Sydney, Australia. Having
creative siblings, from the early age of 10, Patrick
started being creative with knitting. Always looking
for that perfect creative expression, Patrick has
successfully tried his hand at drawing, painting,
sculpture and not until his late 50's discovered
beading and in particular beadweaving. Very passionate
about his weaving, Patrick has won awards in Australia,
gone on to exhibit his work in galleries, works as a
teacher of beadweaving at a leading Jewelry School in
Sydney and recently began tutorial writing his patterns.
Published in Australian and European magazines, Patrick
has his work in gallery sections of other artist's
books and has been a participant in Battle of The
BeadSmith since its inauguration. Having a 'Regal'
look about many of his designs Patrick is looking
forward to the day he writes his own books and is
always striving to design that unique piece using
unique methods.
Marsha Wiest-Hines.
Personal adornment and expression of character through
clothing has been a life-long interest of Marsha
Wiest-Hines. She has been creating wearable art for 40
years in the form of theatrical costumes for the stage,
competition clothing and jewelry for ballroom dancers,
and most recently, beadwoven jewelry and accessories.
She was born in Montana, and earned her BFA in Design
and Technical Theater at University of Montana, and a
MA in Costume Design from Purdue University. She lives
in Minneapolis with her husband Carl, where she has
worked as a draper, tailor, designer, and costume shop
manager at the Guthrie Theater and Minneapolis Children's
Theater.
In 1987, she started her own business, Made
for Movement, creating costumes for competitive Ballroom
Dancers. She discovered beadweaving in 2007, and fell
instantly in love. Her work has been published in
Bead & Button, Perl'fection Digital Beading Magazine,
Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry, and in 2014, Marcia DeCoster
Presents. She has won numerous awards for her beadwork,
most recently a second place ribbon in the 2014 Bead
Dreams Seed Bead category.
Anneta Valious.
Anneta Valious was born and raised in Moscow. After
graduating from the Moscow State University, she
married and moved to France, where he lives with his
family in the city of Nantes. Beads came into her
life in 2007, quite by accident, but gradually
creating jewelry literally become a way of her life.
Impressed by creativity of Israeli jewelry designer
Dori Csengeri she fell in love with soutache
embroidery. At that time soutache technique was
little known, there was no literature and tutorials
and you had to learn by yourself. But this did not
stop her, on the contrary, gave her a certain
excitement.
Since then, Anneta is constantly
developing her skills, regularly takes part in
international exhibitions and competitions and
teaches classes, she has publications in magazines
(the very first one appeared on our website). In 2012
the Russian publishing house AST-Press released her
first book on soutache technique and in 2014 there
was a new book, "Soutache", published by Lark Crafts.
Annette likes experimenting with new techniques, and
this process can be endless since the fantastic world
of beads is boundless.
Eva Maria Keiser.
Eva Maria Keiser originally from Vienna, Austria,
currently resides in Boise, Idaho, USA. In 2000 bead
art was serendipitously introduced, complimenting a
multi-generational heritage of needlework. The medium
of beads added a new dimension of texture and light
refraction. Her passion for architected structural
design was renewed from witnessing the grandeur of
European masters.
Many hours are dedicated to the
study and mastery of beadwork exploration. Interactive
narratives, surprising interiors, unique colorways,
and tactility attained from multiple layers best
describe her work. Eva Maria's business services and
corporate training consultancy is integrated and
enhanced through the process of her artistic
expression. Her work has been featured and published
in leading trade magazines.
Quote: "When I'm not beading, I'm sleeping." -
Eva Maria Keiser
Patrizia Tager.
Patrizia Tager was born in Italy where she lived till
the age of 12. At the age of 12 her family moved to
London (UK) where she attended school and college.
She graduated with a B.A. Hons. in Fashion Design.
After college Patrizia moved to Israel, where she
resides today. Her interest in beadwork was ignited
after attending basic beadweaving classes at a local
bead shop.
From that point on she set out to learn
as many beadwork techniques as she could find. She
fell in love with bead embroidery and throughout the
years developed her jewelry designs to incorporate
bead embroidery with different bead weaving techniques.
Her designs are contemporary using old traditional
techniques. Her work has been published in "Flatwork"
by Nicole Campanella and in Issue 23, January 2011 of
"Making Jewellery".
