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Behind the Mask: Beaded Mask Exhibition |
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Behind the Mask:
Exhibition: June 27 - July 27
The Beadin' Path, Freeport, Maine
Wow! Our past bead challenges have yielded some amazing work. These masks are certainly no exception & are truly inspiring. What has amazed me is all of these artists started with the same basic white plastered paper mask. And what we got back were 37 totally different translations of Behind the Mask. Here are the masks so you can have a preview. But don?t be fooled ? just because you?ve seen them online, you still haven?t SEEN them. No photos can do justice to the amount of work and skill involved in these pieces. So it?s worth the trip to get here and see them for yourself. Just come on into The Beadin? Path. 15 Main Street. Freeport, Maine. For more info, email Deb or call 207.865.4785.
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"Hiding in the Butterfly Bush" - Hazel Keyes, Frederick, Kingsley, PA
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"Inspired by The Phantom of the Opera" - Diane Hertzler, Mt. Gretna, PA
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 Behind the Mask:
Opening Reception
The Beadin' Path, Freeport, Maine
The Beadin' Path in Freeport issued a challenge to beadwork and fiber artists from all over the world: to accept, be inspired by and submit a mask for a show entitled Behind the Mask. Over 50 artists answered the call and joined in this challenge, creating beaded masks using varying techniques such as bead weaving, stitching and embroidery, sculpture, mixed media, clay and more. An opening reception will be held at The Beadin' Path in Freeport, Maine on Friday, June 27th from 5-8pm. It is open to the public and is a great opportunity to meet with many of the artists and discuss their process and statement behind their mask.
Behind the Mask is The Beadin' Path's 3rd large scale "Bead Challenge" featuring a call for submissions. In 2007, beaded dolls were submitted with the common theme entitled Beyond Make-Believe. In both challenges, calls for submission were put out in the Freeport store and  online at BeadinPath.com and various beading Yahoo Group sites, yielding bead and fiber art talent from within the US and 7 other countries. Debra Ward, a local fiber and bead artist of Turner Maine, organizes the annual Bead Challenges for The Beadin' Path.
Participating fiber artist, Aryd'ell Hotelling of Bryson City, North Carolina says of the process, "The Mask started out first as just something to reflect Beauty, as many of my beaded art dolls do. Then it took a slightly different direction, wanting to reflect and enhance understanding of how the face reveals (one's) emotions, through bead(s)..." Many of the artists collaborated and bounced ideas off of each other, including technique and inspiration, using a Yahoo online forum specifically for challenge participants.
The Beadin' Path is a bead company based in Freeport, Maine with a website at http://www.BeadinPath.com. Offering an open studio and lots of inspiration to jewelry designers and bead artists alike, The Beadin' Path offers a full class schedule, free demos in the shop, as well as  various in-store events and activities. Importers, collectors, and over all hoarders, The Beadin' Path is an industry leader in vintage beads including vintage Lucite, old and rare Swarovski crystals, vintage glass beads, and other scarce and collectible beads. Behind the Mask will be on display and open to the public from June 27th through July 27th, 2008 during store hours which are 9:30-7pm daily. You can also view images of the exhibition once the show closes, after July 27th at BeadinPath.com.
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