Sue Von Ohlsen: Beaded Coral Art
Artist: Sue Von Ohlsen
Ohlsen is a master beader and skilled knitter. In this work she has created coral like pseudospheres out of hundreds of metallic beads. She uses hues of blue green and violet to create an eye catching effect, and graduated tones give an organic change in colour through the pieces. Ohlson uses a gourd stich with here beading which gives a crochet type effect. Her detailed work represents hundreds of house of hours of labor. This relates to my style of work as I tend to produce high detailed laborious pieces.
A quote from the artist:
"I was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1956 and have been doing needlework of all types since I was a child. I am completely self-trained and taught myself beadwork in the 1960's when my Grandma gave me her leftover beads to play with. My work has been in Beadwork Magazine twice (once on the cover!) and I have been in several international juried bead art shows, winning a few awards in the process. I am a certified Master Knitter and I teach knitting classes at a shop I now own called The Knitting Corner in Virginia Beach, VA."
From the sea:
Ohlsens work appears to come from the ocean with its organic shapes and iridescent shimmering colours. The work was produced for a project called "The Crochet coral Reef" which was created to pay homage to the great barrier reef and highlight the issues that cause damage to it such as global warming and pollution.
The Crochet coral Reef: http://crochetcoralreef.org/about/index.php
Images source: http://crochetcoralreef.org/contributors/sue_von_ohlsen.php
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