Wendy Ellsworth (NC, b. 1948), Beaded Seaform Sculpture

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Late 20th century, two parts, including a multi color woven glass bead seaform sculpture set on a clear slump glass platform, appears unmarked.

DOA 4 x 8.5 x 6 in.

From the Estate of the late Francine Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Wendy has an extensive resume with exhibition history from 1996-2024, won several prestigious awards, taught at over 30 craft organizations, seminars and schools, and has works in several museums and important private collections.

Regarding her work, Wendy states: "Color surrounds me and excites me on all levels and I find infinite inspiration from observing Nature in all her seasonal wardrobes. I am captivated by the rhythm of stringing beads and the patience it requires to sit and bead for hours and hours. It slows down the frenetic pace of my hurried life and helps me find perspective.

I consider myself a color artist, with beads representing tiny photons of colored light which can be woven together to form infinite patterns of beauty and delight. My approach to color is intuitive, a felt-sense of what different color combinations feel like together in the moment of creating with them. It is during this process that a dialogue is established between myself and the object I am making.

My current body of work is done free-form; thus I am creating my own road-maps as I bead along, not necessarily knowing the destination, but enjoying the journey one bead at a time. This is a reflection of my need for spontaneity and improvisation. Experiment, Explore and Enjoy is my motto!"

The seaform with a area of coral banding that has come loose (but attached to the sculpture).