My First Note

Written By Ben Rodgers

A note from Nan:

One recent morning, my husband and I sat in our study - me in the big chair by the window, Tom, at his worktable reading an article. It was about a gentleman trying to deal with deciding what to do with all the paintings his father had left behind upon his death. And there were many. The family needed a means for people anywhere to view the paintings and read about the  artist. After finishing the article, Tom looked at me and said, “We have to begin working on a way to share your legacy with the family and the world.”

     So we hired a good friend and his agency, pivotol.com to do just that. We asked Ben to create a web site that would, initially, describe me and my journey as an artist. It would be done through several interviews and by working with their web designer and photographer. As a beginning step to presenting my beadwork, we selected five of the larger works and a five-piece installation:    

  •      One Suitcase: An Installation About the Global Refugee Crisis

    Dropped on a Beach

    Strands and Symbols

    Trafficking

    Liberty

    A Suitcase

  •      A Shawl of Advice

  •      I Am I - from 71 to 74

  •      The Story Boas:

              Beauty Boa

              Paris to Barcelona

              Ornithology

Now that the foundation of this website has been laid, I will be adding photos and descriptions of many more examples of my creativity. My goal is to share a significant amount of my designs in order to represent the entire body of my work. This will take some time, as I continue to work in my riverside studio on more pieces.
I hope you will return from time to time to see what has been added here. There will be knitwear, embroidery, needlepoint on canvas and on silk gauze (at least 1,024 stitches per square inch.) Of course, all are my own original designs. Beadwork is my current passion. Over the past years I have concentrated on presenting the written word through bead weaving. Hence the name, “Beads that Speak.”
I want to thank Ben, Emily, Danny and the entire pivotol.com team for their listening, writing, photography and writing skills. I’m also very grateful for the help of my granddaughter, Sophie Kastelic.
NOTE: Much of the writing on this website is the result of the Pivotol team’s interviews with me and from time spent with me in my studio. Their words are on the peach-colored and the dark gray backgrounds. My own notes and information are on this turquoise background.

Thanks for visiting. Please come back soon. I will be adding lots more of my work.
Nan Morrissette      

Ben Rodgers