bead embroidery – Bead Art by Deb McQueen

What have I been beading lately?

Winter Beading Projects

I have a few new art pieces for you to see. All of these are available in my shop. https://www.beadartbydebmcqueen.com/

Hunting

New bead art. An Ermine, hunting in the deadfall. Approximately 7 x 9 in. Seed beads, hedgehog quills, horsehair and a rock from Thompson Pass.

Arctic Fox

This is my latest bead art piece. The center scene was fun to do, some of those beads are tiny! 8in. X 6in.

I am starting a new beading project. I love all of the historic buildings / landmarks in Alaska and I love beading. I will work from photos for reference, Each piece will be approximately 9 x 11 inches. I hope to incorporate a stone or piece of mineral from each location into the bead art.Continue reading “Beading History”

It was a busy Spring!

I made new beaded pieces for my show at Alaska House Art Gallery for May. Lots of new wearable art neck pieces! Show is held over for the month of June. I beaded a crop of new earrings and a few new necklaces for The Bear Gallery. I beaded lots of new art and earringsContinue reading “It was a busy Spring!”

Juried Show

I dropped off two bead embroidered pieces for a new show today. I will not know until Tues. 4-2-19 if they are accepted. I will keep you updated!

Great Show

Fairbanks Arts Association just took down the Members Show. There really are a lot of creative/talented members. Here are a few pics. I am staying busy working on this new piece:

Too nice to stay indoors !

It was a beautiful afternoon, much too nice to be inside. I put aside my beads to go for a walk. We headed to the Chena Lakes – River area. We walked across the flood control area and around the lake. It was cool when we started out at the flood control area. The pondContinue reading “Too nice to stay indoors !”

64th Parallel Juried Art Show

Here are pictures of all the Art that was accepted into the show. There were 221 entries, 64 were chosen for the show. Congratulations to all of this years artists!

New Bead Art for B.C.D.C. Alaska

I delivered my piece for “the 14th Annual Gala Affair” today. It is a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Detection Center. They seemed pleased. Artists were given the acrylic display and asked to do art for the Auction. I will try to get pics of the other art pieces. Randall Compton and Barbara Lavallee are aContinue reading “New Bead Art for B.C.D.C. Alaska”

More Bead Art

Gift Shop Artist of the Month. August 2018 I will have my bead art for sale in the Bear Gallery Gift Shop this month. Stop in and say “hello.” I will be there for First Friday August 3rd 5 – 7 pm . Every Wednesday 12-4 pm . The show is up all month andContinue reading “More Bead Art”