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Painted Paper Beadwork by Carolyn Prince Batchelor
My working process includes painting sheets of paper, cutting and rolling beads, hand sewing, and sometimes braiding and knotting. Along with color and texture, other important elements in my beadwork are time and repetition.
During 25 years of making and exhibiting paper bead pieces, my inspiration has come from travel in Europe and the Americas, a life-long interest in art history, and hands-on experience in archaeology. Cultural and geographical landscapes of the American Southwest have been a key source of ideas.
Recently re-located to northern California, I am excited about exploring new posibilities of color, light, and form for my artwork.
I also have a strong background in traditional drawing and painting.
I constantly look for ways to integrate this with unconventional uses of paper and paint. |
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American Craft writes:
“Carolyn Prince Batchelor's Rain, 2005, is a more successful example of paper as landscape, where, after all, paper begins. Batchelor's [subject] takes close looking. Her palette is lush and tropical, with a background that suggests a jungle. The ‘rain’ is short, straight green lines that pelt down on a diagonal as if blown by a powerful wind.”
—Christine Temin
Pulp Fiction: The Constant is Paper
Oct./Nov. 2007 |
