Art Workshop: The Circle Game (beading, embroidery)

Circles can be found throughout the natural world and in human designs from diverse cultures and across millennia. Circles appeal to us on so many levels: They are simple and elegant; they’re curved, organic and smooth, with no sharp corners; they evoke a comforting sense of completeness and totality; they’re in the hugs that embrace us and the nests that protect baby birds. Circles are as familiar as the dot of an “i” or the period at the end of a sentence. They come to us in images of the Earth from space. Circles are as tiny as a subatomic particle and as large as a black hole.

In this class we explore and create a sampler of circular motifs in bead embroidery. Working with a wide variety of beads we will learn, design and stitch a diverse range of circular forms that could be used on art quilts, garments and other fiber art.

Some previous embroidery experience is recommended.