Jessica Kincaid
Open Studio
Nature
icy branches, February 20, 2010
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glass beads, thread.
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10 x 14in
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2010
This piece was created from a photograph I took on February 22, 2010. The ice-covered branches of the trees looked crystalline in the sunlight and the icicles glistened as if they were lit from inside.
10 minutes of nothing
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glass beads, thread.
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4 x 6 in.
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2021
I took a photo of this scene at a park near my home. I sat on a bench and meditated for ten minutes and was captivated by the light. The result is a pointillist painting with beads and thread; it conveys an experience of nature and the sunlight at that moment.
geranium sanguineum, June 1, 2010
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glass beads, thread.
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12 x 32 in.
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2012
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Photo credit: E. G. Schempf
The pattern for this piece was a photograph of geranium sanguineum, a ground cover that grows in front of my house.
Geranium sanguineua only bloom for two to three weeks during late May and early June. They are a bright blue-magenta that looks fluorescent at certain times of the day. When I photograph them from an oblique angle, the strange color is more visible.
Autumn Leaves
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glass beads, thread.
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4.5 x 6in
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2008
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Photo credit: E. G. Schempf
Troy's Tree, October 24, 2009
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glass beads, thread.
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3 x 5in
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2010
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Photo credit: E. G. Schempf
This piece memorializes a tree that once adorned the front lawn of my neighbor’s house. The beadwork was based on a photograph that I took October 24, 2009.
The tree was cut down the next year; the fall has not been the same without its robust canopy shading our street.
Rushton Red Maple, November 8, 2011
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glass beads, thread.
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3.75 x 4.5in
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2011
For this piece I used a photograph of a tree that was across the parking lot from our school. It was one of those fall days when the sunlight made its leaves glow a bright orange.
I focused in and selected an area of the photo where the color was most intense and used it as a pattern for this beaded picture.
Rushton Red Maple, another view
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glass beads, thread.
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2.25 x 5.5in
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2021
Reflection
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glass beads, thread.
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7 x 9in
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2008
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Photo credit: E. G. Schempf
Underwater Scan
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glass beads, thread.
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14 x 17in
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2007
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Photo credit: Hollis Officer
This piece incorporates an MRI image collaged among organic forms that refer to nervous system tissue.
These cling in a rhythmic arrangement of underwater ferns, corals, and sea life.
South Lake Park, May 5, 2008
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glass beads, thread.
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4.25 x 5in
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2008
yellow leaves, October 24, 2009
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glass beads, thread.
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4.5 x 10in
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2014
This piece was based on a photograph of a maple tree that I took October 24, 2009.
A view through a wide and short window, it is an attempt to document the glorious intensity of color in the sunlight passing through vividly colored leaves.
redbud leaves, October 13, 2008
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glass beads, thread.
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4 x 10in
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2014
This piece was based on a photograph of a redbud tree that I took on October 13, 2008. My goal was to capture the shades of translucent green leaves at the magic hour of twilight.