BEADED TAPESTRIES
Planet Stories
10" x 7"
This was inspired by the March 1952 issue of Planet Stories, a pulp science fiction magazine. Planet Stories cover art often featured powerful, shapely women doing battle with aliens. See "Battle of the Centaurianess", pictured on the Figures page, another artwork in this series.
The way this was created was simple but challenging. Work started at the bottom, with a single string of beads following the design then worked back and forth ending at the top. Sullivan does not use a computer to select the color of each bead but intrprets them by eye. Each stitch was done in three drop peyote stitch.
Beaded Whisk Handle
16"h x 3"w x 3"d
This piece has been donated to the Art on the Vine Auction, to benefit Oregon College of Art and Craft's scholarship program, March 15th, 2008 at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon.
Ecstasy Necklace, detail
14" x 18" as worn
beaded tapestry
See the whole tapestry on the wearable art page
