Guest Star Friday #127...Liza Lou

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I'm going to change things up a little with my Guest Star series now. Since I feel this shift in my work happening, I'm spending a lot of time reading about artists working in other media besides jewelry. I would like to start sharing these people with you and, because today is the first Friday of the new year, this is the perfect time.

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Today's Guest Star is Liza Lou. I have known about Liza's work for years, learning about her for the first time when I did beadwork in the 90s. I remember seeing her "Backyard" and "Kitchen" installations, unexpectedly, in Grand Central Station and was just blown away. I haven't looked at her work in years but was recently reintroduced and, once again, found myself blown away. Her work has changed considerably--it's now minimal, often monochrome, subtle, quiet…still incredibly labor intensive, intricate, layered…all in woven glass beads.

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Thanks for reading.