Rose Hamerlinck
Beaded Frillery – Hand-beaded One-of-a-Kind Vases
Frillery (fril-er-ee’) n. An unnecessary ornament; superfluous thing added for show.
“I wish I had an artist statement that used words like ‘organic,’ or that my work ‘carries multiple meanings,’ or that it ‘embodies healing.’ In fact, I bead because it makes me feel good to create pretty, however unnecessary, ornaments.
I am very random in my designs; I may decide, or not, whether the ornament will be a necklace, bracelet, or a vase. There will be a color idea, or a theme, and then I let the beads tell me which way to go. I am done when the beads say so.
I have studied with the best: Diane Fitzgerald, David Chatt, and Joyce Scott. Not only have I learned technique from them, but paradoxically they reinforced my philosophy that there are no rules when it comes to beadwork- once you learn the rules, you are ready to learn to break them.
I am now learning myself, the hardest lesson, to teach those who want to learn ‘how to bead’.”
- Rose Hamerlinck
