Nancy Cain has always been fascinated with handcrafts, whether it was clay, paper, buttons, fabric or simply found objects.Cain studied art in college and worked as a graphic artist for 16 years, all the while exploring various handcraft techniques.
She found her artistic niche in beads.
Cain’s favorite stitch is peyote and over the years has only added two other stitches, netting then herringbone.
She calls these three stitches ‘sister-stitches’, since they transition from one stitch to the other effortlessly.
Her style is clean and contemporary with minimalist embellishment. She likes the structure to shine through.“I feel that the beads alone give me the most inspiration. If you understand the physics (mechanics and technicality) of the stitch, then you can create whatever your heart desires.” Cain explains.
:Knowing what each bead size, shape and finish will do and how they react with each other, plus how the beads respond to thread weight and use, the sky is the limit for designing.”
More of Nancy Cain‘s amazing beadwork can be found at http://nancycain.com/.
Haven’t seen in while so many detail put onto one single piece. Beautiful work!! And just as you mention, event though there is a lot going on it keeps a clean and minimalistic style.
-Gala
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Another lady with a lot of patience !! Beautiful work.
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