BEAD ARTISTS
Liza Lou
Liza Lou burst upon the contemporary art scene with a 1996 show at New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art featuring her environmental sculpture "Kitchen," an extravagant monument to women’s simple, everyday labor. Lou’s kitchen was transformed by millions of brightly colored, shiny glass beads covering every surface.- NBC News
"The Kitchen"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/07/sunday/main539895.shtml
http://www.spiral.org/oldsite/lou.html
http://www.nfobase.com/html/liza_lou.html
Laura Willits
I make these pictures using glass beads because of their vast variety of colors, textures, and surfaces. The medium -- beads -- and the subject -- night landscape -- both exemplify a different way of seeing the world. The grid that loom-woven work imposes satisfies my sense of order. The grid is also appropriate for the architectural features seen in much of my work. – Laura Willits
"En Trance"
http://www.laurawillits.com/gallery2002.html
Marcie Stone
"She is fascinated with the way the different beads play against each other creating jeweled encrustations influenced by Primitive Art & Organic forms mainly found in the Ocean. The pieces are very organic & seem to have a life of their own." - MarcieStone.com
"Roots of Linen" 
http://marciestone.com/sculpture/roots_of_linen.htm
Joyce Scott
"It's important to me to use art in a manner that incites people to look and then carry something home -- even if it's subliminal -- that might make a change in them." – Joyce Scott
Joyce Scott
http://www.arts4allpeople.org/insights/bma/scott.html
http://www.tfaoi.com/articles/anne/ae7.htm
Pier Voulkos
"Pier Voulkos is the undisputed head of the polymer clay movement. All artists, currently working in the material, acknowledge her leadership and avidly attend the workshops she loves to teach. A generous craftsperson, she freely shares her technical knowledge and aesthetic sense with all who are interested in mastering this challenging medium."-
http://www.julieartisans.com/pier_voulkos_biography.htm
http://www.geocities.com/polyzine/december2000/pier.html
Kristina Logan
"Her work has been shown in bead shows, galleries and museums including the Wright Museum of Art, Wisconsin and the Bead Museum in Prescott, Arizona." - www.kristinalogan.com
http://www.kristinalogan.com/france/instructors.htm
Zen City Cane
"These guys and their work have influenced just about everybody. You just can't leave City Zen Cane out of a list of talented and influential artists."- National Polymer Clay Guild
